Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Job 19:16
He gave me no answer— And he answered me not, though I intreated, &c. Houbigant.
He gave me no answer— And he answered me not, though I intreated, &c. Houbigant.
I CALLED MY SERVANT - He lost all respect for me, and paid me no attention. I ENTREATED HIM - I ceased to expect “obedience,” and tried to see what “persuasion” would do. I ceased to be master in my...
CHAPTER 19 JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD _ 1. How long will ye vex my soul? (Job 19:1)_ 2. And I am not heard! (Job 19:7) 3. Forsaken of men he pleads to be pitied (Job 19:13) 4. Faith supreme ...
JOB 19. JOB'S ANSWER. Here the gradual progress of Job's soul towards faith reaches its climax (Job 19:25 f.). It is to be remembered that Job's problem is in reality twofold: it has a personal side,...
The estrangement and abhorrence of men. Job's complaint now is even more touching than before: God not only afflicted him with trouble but removed far from him all human sympathy. And there is someth...
Then those unrelated to him within his house, the menials and slaves. Those who, as Oriental servants, used to be subservient and observant of the slightest sign from their master (Psalms 123:2) these...
3. And despised by all people, including his kindred (Job 19:13-19) TEXT 19:13-19 13 HE HATH PUT MY BRETHREN FAR FROM ME, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. 14 My kinsfolk have fa...
_I CALLED MY SERVANT, AND HE GAVE ME NO ANSWER; I INTREATED HIM WITH MY MOUTH._ Servant - born in my house (as distinguished from those sojourning in it), and so altogether belonging to the family. Y...
JOB'S FIFTH SPEECH In this speech Job repeats his bitter complaints of God's injustice, and man's contemptuous abandonment of one formerly so loved and honoured. He appeals in broken utterances to his...
Other people are often not loyal when someone suffers. Job’s family left him alone. Job’s servant did not answer Job. Even Job’s wife advised Job to insult God. She thought that it would be better for...
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 19 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S...
לְ עַבְדִּ֣י קָ֭רָאתִי וְ לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה בְּמֹ
XVI. "MY REDEEMER LIVETH" Job 19:1 Job SPEAKS WITH simple strong art sustained by exuberant eloquence the author has now thrown his hero upon our sympathies, blending a strain of expectancy with te...
“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH” Job 19:1 In Job's melancholy condition his friends seemed only to add vexation and trial. The hirelings who sojourned in his household looked on him with disdain; his...
To this terrible accusation Job replied first with a rebuke and a complaint. He demanded how long they would vex him, and declared that if he had erred, his sin was his own. If they would continue, le...
(8) В¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. (9) He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. (10) He hath destroyed me on every side...
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...
I CALLED MY SERVANT,.... His manservant, whom he had hired into his house, and who waited upon his person, and had been his trusty and faithful servant, and was dear unto him, and he had shown him muc...
I called my servant, and he gave [me] no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. Ver. 16. _I called my servant, and he gave me no answer_] Though I lay under greatest sores and sorrows, and called the...
_They that dwell in my house_ Hebrew, גרי ביתי, _garei beethei, peregrini domus meæ, the sojourners of my house_, that is, those that formerly were kindly entertained at my house, whether strangers, w...
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, treating his master with such contempt that he calmly ignored his call; I INTREATED HIM WITH MY MOUTH, where formerly a beckoning nod was sufficient, Job...
JOB COMPLAINS OF THE NEGLECT HE SUFFERS...
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD (vv.1-6). Though Job did not lose his temper at the unjust accusations of Bildad, he shows here that the reproaches of his friends have struck deeply into his soul. "How long w...
8-22 How doleful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God! Seared consciences will feel it hereafter, but do not fear it now: enlightened consciences fear it now, but shall...
I CALLED MY SERVANT, to do some servile office about me, for my case or relief, and he passed by as if he had been deaf, because he loathed and feared to come near to me; although to my commands I add...
Job 19:16 call H7121 (H8804) servant H5650 answer H6030 (H8799) beg H2603 (H8691) with H1119 mouth...
Job 19:1. _Then, Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?_ They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad. His sublime faith. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: We may easily bear the unjust reproaches of men if we live in expectation of the glorious appearance o...
Job 19:3. _These ten times have ye reproached me._ A form of speech which puts a certain number for one less certain. Job had no doubt noticed about ten principal arguments levelled against him. Job 1...
_Then Job answered and said._ COMPLAINTS AND CONFIDENCES I. Job bitterly complaining. 1. He complains of the conduct of his friends, and especially their want of sympathy. (1) They exasperated him...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 19:1 Job responds, asking his friends how long they will persist in accusing him and why they feel no shame for doing so. Even if he has done wrong, it is God who has brought about his...
NOTES Job 19:23. “_O that my words were now written!_” The “words” understood as either— (1) _Those now to be uttered_. So JEROME, PISCATOR, CARYL, HENRY, &c. As an everlasting monument of his faith...
EXPOSITION JOB 19:1 Job begins his answer to Bildad's second speech by an expostulation against the unkindness of his friends, who break him in pieces, and torture him, with their reproaches (verses...
Then Job answered and said, How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with your words? These ten times you have reproached me: and you're not ashamed that you made yourself like a stranger...
Job 1:15; Job 1:16; Job 1:17; Job 1:19...
CALVARY FOREGLEAMS IN JOB Job 19:7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The story of Calvary is the story of the whole Bible. The Cross is not a message relegated to the Four Gospels and brought out therein merely...