My foot hath held, &c.— The division of this book into verses has obscured the sense: these two should be read thus, Job 23:11. My foot hath trodden in his steps; I have kept his way, and have not turned aside (Job 23:12.) from the commandment of his lips; neither have I swerved from his statutes. I have esteemed, &c. See Heath, and the note on Job 22:22 of the last chapter.
Verse Job 23:11. _MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS, HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT_] I have carefully marked his _providential dealings_; and in his _way _- his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not...
MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orientals ha...
CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...
Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._ Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced t...
Job's Reply to the Third Speech of Eliphaz. Job continues to miss any Moral Government of the World by God As before, in the two preceding cycles of debate, Job's mind is too much absorbed in contemp...
_hath held his steps_ Or, HELD FAST TO His steps, i. e. followed closely His footsteps; comp. Isaiah 2:3....
Fuller particulars given by Job of "the way that is with him" his innocent, upright life....
B. JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job 24:25) 1. Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...
_MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS, HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT, AND NOT DECLINED._ Held - fast by His steps. The law is in the Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose fo...
JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself (Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...
Declined] RV 'turned aside.' 12B. LXX better, 'In my breast I have stored up his words.' 13-17. Job returns to the old tormenting idea that God must be resolved to hold him guilty, since he suffers...
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 23 JOB SPEAKS AGAIN JOB WA...
These are wonderful words. Job did not behave as Eliphaz supposed (Job 22:4-9). Job’s attitudes were good. Job loved God’s law. Job always wanted to obey God. See Psalms 1. JOB IS WORRIED ABOUT GOD...
בַּ֭ אֲשֻׁרֹו אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכֹּ֖ו שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי...
XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...
“HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE” Job 23:1 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misunderstand...
In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...
(10) But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (11) My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. How delightful it is to observe, bo...
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...
MY FOOT HATH HELD HIS STEPS,.... Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued...
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Ver. 11. _My foot hath held his steps_] I have followed God step by step, walking as I had him for an example, and pressing his foo...
_My foot hath held his steps_ Either the steps or ways in which God himself walks; the paths of justice, mercy, and holiness, wherein Job had made it his care to _walk with_, or _after_ God, as the ph...
JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...
My foot hath held His steps, clinging firmly and unwaveringly to the path pointed out by God; HIS WAY HAVE I KEPT, observing it most carefully, AND NOT DECLINED....
HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that occu...
Here is the proof that Job offers that he would shine as gold, for he had been faithful. He was not following the ancient path of the wicked (Job 22:15). "Furthermore, Job need not start against to re...
8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before...
MY FOOT HATH HELD, i.e. made a free and fixed choice, and taken fast hold of them; been firmly and strongly settled, and resolved to continue in them, as the word signifies. HIS STEPS; either, 1. Acti...
Job 23:11 foot H7272 held H270 (H8804) steps H838 kept H8104 (H8804) way H1870 aside H5186 ...
Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and losses he has sustained; and he is somewhat irritated by the...
We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit instruct us during our reading! Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plight, grievously distressed in mind, and yet, for all...
Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves with the thought that they are being tried,...
Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...
_My foot hath held His steps._ THE FAIR PORTRAIT OF A SAINT Job has, in this part of his self-defence, sketched a fine picture of a man perfect and upright before God. He has set before us the image...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:1 Job is tired of arguing his case before his friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before...
_JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access to...
EXPOSITION VERSES 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his co...
And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2). Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm not eve...
1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Peter 2:20;...
JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remember...
Steps — The steps or paths which God hath appointed men to walk in....