Job 31:1

I. Note the "I" of self-justification; and see note on Job 29:2. WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 31:11

CRIME. Hebrew zimmah. App-44. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGES. a judicial iniquity; or, an iniquity in the eye of the law.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 31:22

THE BONE. Authorized Version margin, "the chanel bone". Obsolete Eng. for channel. what is channelled or scooped out: i.e. the socket.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 31:33

TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "transgression" (singular) AS ADAM. Compare Genesis 3:10.... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 31:40

LET THISTLES GROW. This is not an imprecation, but an argument in favor of his integrity: i.e. Had he been as his friends alleged, would he not have had bad instead of bountiful harvests? See translation below. ENDED: so far as his friends were concerned. He had words for God (ch. Job 42:1).... [ Continue Reading ]

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