Job 29:1
MOREOVER. And. CONTINUED HIS PARABLE: i.e. again took up his impressive discourse. This is Job's last address, corresponding with his first. See the Structure on p. 669.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER. And. CONTINUED HIS PARABLE: i.e. again took up his impressive discourse. This is Job's last address, corresponding with his first. See the Structure on p. 669.... [ Continue Reading ]
I. Note the frequency of "I" (self-occupation). In Job 29, the "I" of prosperity; in Job 30, the "I" of adversity; in Job 31, the "I" of self-righteousness. Contrast the "I" of Job 42:2, the "end".... [ Continue Reading ]
CANDLE. lamp.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUTH. autumn's prime, or maturity. SECRET. counsel. TABERNACLE. tent.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4. CHILDREN. youths.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVERS. divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3, and Proverbs 21:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
STREET. broad or open place.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID THEIR HAND, &C. In token of silence and submission.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. wretched. Hebrew. _'anah_. See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
POOR. helpless. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WICKED. Hebrew. _'avvil_. App-44. See note on Job 18:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIE IN MY NEST. The Septuagint reads "grow old as. palm trunk". AS THE SAND.. note in Codices (No.. in King's Lib., British Museum) states that the Western School points this to mean "as. phoenix". The Vulgate reads "as. palm".... [ Continue Reading ]
AS FOR THE RAIN: i.e. the early rain, which is sometimes so late as to cause anxiety.... [ Continue Reading ]