Job 42:1
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS HE... ? Supply the obvious _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "[Thou askedst] 'Who is this?. "&c.; which Jehovah did ask in Job 38:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. Hear, now. I WILL DEMAND OF THEE. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6): "[Thou saidst];. Let him answer Me' "(See Job 40:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
I ABHOR MYSELF, AND REPENT. "The end of the Lord" (i.e. what Jehovah designed as the great lesson of this book) is at length reached. Compare James 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE WORDS: i.e. ch. Job 38:1 -- Job 41:34. NOT SPOKEN OF ME THE THING THAT IS RIGHT. We have, therefore, an inspired record of what they said; but all they said was not inspired, and cannot be quoted as the Word of Jehovah. AS MY SERVANT JOB HATH: i.e. in Job 42:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. See App-10. BURNT OFFERING. Hebrew. _'olah_. App-43. See App-15. HIM. his face: face being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB. Hebrew the face of Job, as in Job 42:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURNED THE CAPTIVITY. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), _shdb eth sh buth,_ emphasizing recovery or deliverance from any trouble, as in Psalms 126:1; Psalms 126:4, &c. TWICE AS MUCH. This blessing was included in "the end of the Lord" (James 5:11). See note on p. 666.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. Compare Isaiah 45:7. EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. PIECE. weight, as in Genesis 33:19. The Septuagint reads "a lamb, and four drachms weight of gold, even of unstamped [gold]"; or, "a piece of gold stamped with. lamb. " EVERY ONE. Hebrew. _'i_. _h_. A... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), in verses: Job 42:12, to emphasize each particular thing.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEMIMA. beautiful as the day (Septuagint and Vulgate) or as. dove. KEZIA. fragrant as cassia (i.e. cinnamon). KEREN-HAPPUCH. horn of beauty or plenty. Compare Job 42:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS: i.e. from 1656 to 1516.... [ Continue Reading ]
FULL OF DAYS. satisfied with days. The Septuagint has. long subscription, for which see App-62. The Arabic has. similar subscription, which professes to have been taken from the Syriac, but it is not in the Syriac version as given in Walton's _Polyglot._... [ Continue Reading ]