Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 27:3
breath. Hebrew. n. shamah, App-16.
spirit. breath. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
GOD Heb- Eloah App-4.
breath. Hebrew. n. shamah, App-16.
spirit. breath. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
GOD Heb- Eloah App-4.
Verse Job 27:3. _ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME_] As Job appears to allude to the _creation of Adam_, whom God made out of the dust of the earth, _and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life_...
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRILS - As long as I live. The “spirit of God” here means the breath that God breathed into man when he created him, Genesis 2:7. It would seem probable that there wa...
CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION _ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_ 2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7) Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
Continuation of Job's reply to Bildad. Job 27:1 must be removed as a gloss. Job swears by God that he (in full possession of his powers, Job 27:3) tells the truth (Job 27:4). God forbid that he should...
_all the while_ The sense is rather as given above, according to the parallel passage, 2 Samuel 1:9. The phrase "my life" in the first clause is lit. _my breath_. The words are parenthetical, and are...
Job with the solemnity of an oath by God declares that he speaks in sincerity when affirming his innocence. Till he die he will not admit his guilt; his conscience reproaches him for no part of his li...
IV. THE LONELINESS AND ISOLATION OF JOB (Job 27:1, Job 31:40) A. THE AFFIRMATION OF INNOCENCE (Job 27:1-6) TEXT 27:1-6 27 AND JOB AGAIN TOOK UP HIS PARABLE AND SAID, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken...
_ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH IS IN ME, AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRILS;_ Implying Job's knowledge of the fact that the living soul was breathed into man by God (Genesis 2:7). ALL THE WHILE. But...
27:3 +God (a-13) Spirit of _ Eloah_ . see Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Numbers 16:22 ; Numbers 27:16 ; Hebrews 12:9 ....
JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-6. Job protests that he is innocent. Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job 13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
Job’s friends insisted that Job was suffering because of his evil deeds. Job argued that this was not true. Job was a genuine servant of God. Job loved God. And Job refused to do evil deeds....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 27 JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
כִּֽי ־כָל ־עֹ֣וד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ ר֖וּחַ
XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS Job 26:1; Job 27:1 Job SPEAKS BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm. "How hast thou helped one without power! How hast thou saved the strengthless...
THE JUSTICE OF GOD Job 27:1 Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent, Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job 27:1. He denies the charge of be...
There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad. The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply. This...
_Nostrils: while I live. (Haydock) --- Genesis ii. 7., and Ezechiel xxxvii. 14. (Calmet)_...
(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (3) All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; (4) My lips shall not speak...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
ALL THE WHILE MY BREATH [IS] IN ME,.... So long the oath of God would be upon him, or he bound himself under it: AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD [IS] IN MY NOSTRILS; which signifies the same thing. The breath...
All the while my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nostrils; Ver. 3. _All the while my breath is in me_] _Periphrasis vitae, - Dum spiritus hos regat artas,_ While I have an hour to...
_Job continued his parable_ His grave and weighty discourse. _As God liveth_ He confirms the truth of his expressions by an oath, because he found them very backward to believe what he professed. _Who...
all the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, Job still possessed life and breath, he could still give a valid testimony concerning his innocence:...
JOB'S AGAIN PROTESTS HIS INNOCENCE...
HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (vv.1-7) In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has already won the debat...
THE SPIRIT OF GOD: That is, the breath which God gave him...
1-6 Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded in a grave and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of his cause and of his God; and cheerfully committed his cause to h...
MY BREATH; which is the constant companion and certain sign of life, both coming in with it, GENESIS 2:7, and going out with it, 1 KINGS 17:17 PSALMS 144:4. Or, _my soul_, or _life_. _The spirit of Go...
Job 27:3 long H5750 breath H5397 breath H7307 God H433 nostrils H639 the spirit of God - that is, the breath which God gave him, Genesis 2:7
Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the hypocrite should engage us to be upright. KEY WORD: Hypocr...
Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive speech. Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...
_Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me._ MORAL COURAGE It is the aim of all men to secure happiness. As to the course they think best adapted to secure this they differ most widely, and...
_Moreover Job continued his parable._ POINTS IN JOB’S PARABLE I. A solemn asseveration. “As God liveth.” The words imply a belief-- 1. In the reality of the Divine existence. Whilst some deny this...
_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_ Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad, and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing to say. Job, therefo...
EXPOSITION JOB 27:1 This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
Acts 17:25; Genesis 2:7; Isaiah 2:22...