_JOB PROTESTETH HIS SINCERITY. THE HYPOCRITE IS WITHOUT HOPE. THE BLESSINGS WHICH THE WICKED HAVE ARE TURNED INTO CURSES._ _Before Christ 1645._ _JOB 27:1. MOREOVER, JOB CONTINUED HIS PARABLE, AND SAID_— Concerning the word _parable,_ see Numbers 21:27. We add another criticism upon it from Mr. Pe... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO HATH TAKEN AWAY MY JUDGMENT— _Who hath afflicted me so severely, without any notorious blame on my part._ Schultens.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD JUSTIFY YOU— See the note on chap. Job 2:9. This and the three following verses afford us a proof of Job's faith, and contain the noble plea that he makes for himself against the reproachful insinuation of his mistaken friends; as if he must needs have been a wicked man and... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THE HAND OF GOD— i.e. By such arguments as are irresistible; by the arguments which you have all along dignified with that title; referring to chap. Job 18:21 and Job 20:29. Heath. Houbigant renders it, _by the help of God._... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT REMAIN OF HIM, &C.— The learned Schultens has, I think, given the true meaning of this passage, rendering it, _they shall have death itself for their sepulture; i.e._ they shall be reduced to so great a degree of misery, that where they die there they shall rot, and no person shall bury t... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH HE HEAP UP SILVER, &C.— See Zechariah 9:3 and 2 Kings 5:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
A BOOTH THAT THE KEEPER MAKETH— Here is an omission of the word _vineyard:_ these _booths_ were little huts or arbours made by the keepers to watch in by night, to prevent the vineyard from being plundered: a practice still continued in the wine-countries. See Heath, and Isaiah 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RICH MAN SHALL LIE DOWN, &C.— _He may lie down rich, but it is the last time:_ a rendering which the latter part of the verse fully justifies. It describes the case of a tyrant, who lies down to rest in quiet; but those who conspire against him come upon him while he sleepeth: _he openeth his ey... [ Continue Reading ]
TERRORS TAKE HOLD ON HIM, &C.— See Proverbs 10:25. The meaning of the high metaphors in these verses is, that he dieth, as most wicked men do, in the utmost terror, tumult, and confusion.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD SHALL CAST UPON HIM— There is nothing for _God_ in the Hebrew. Houbigant renders the 21st verse, _A burning wind shall carry him away, and he shall be gone; it shall hurl him out of his place;_ and he connects it thus; _It shall urge him on, and not spare: driven into flight, he shall flee f... [ Continue Reading ]