I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. — Comp. John 4:32. Or, I have treasured up the words, &c., according to the statute prescribed to me, or from my own law: i.e., “I made it a principle with myself to treasure up the words of His mouth.” The LXX. and the Vulg. have a differing reading, and render in my bosom.
Verse Job 23:12. _THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS_] The written law that proceeded from his own mouth. _I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH_] Mr. _Good_ has given a better version of the original: _I...
NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK - I have not put away or rejected. THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS - That which he has spoken, or which has proceeded out of his mouth. I HAVE ESTEEMED - Margin, “hid,” or, “laid...
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...
MY NECESSARY FOOD. Hebrew my own law. my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Genus), App-6, for what is allowed by it. Compare Genes...
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...
Fuller particulars given by Job of "the way that is with him" his innocent, upright life....
_more than my necessary food_ Lit. _more than_(or, above) _my own_ LAW; i. e. perhaps, more than the law of my own mind or inclination. The words recall the exhortation of Eliphaz, ch. Job 22:22. Any...
DISCOURSE: 475 JOB’S LOVE TO THE WORD OF GOD Job 23:12. _I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food_. WHENCE arose this remarkable assertion? Was it a spontaneous and uncalled...
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 tu...
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:...
_NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK FROM THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS; I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD._ Esteemed - rather, laid up-namely, as a treasure found (Matthew 13:44;...
23:12 heart. (b-28) Or 'than mine appointed portion.'...
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...
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...
מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְ לֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝ חֻקּ
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...
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have (g) esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. (g) His word is more precious to me than the meat with which the b...
Lips, given to Noe, (Genesis ix. 5.) or to Moses. This work was written by a Jew, who dresses up the sentiments of Job in his own style. The holy man was also acquainted with the Mosaic dispensation,...
(12) Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. What a lovely account doth Job give of himself here, that the word o...
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...
NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK FROM THE COMMANDMENT OF HIS LIPS,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given,...
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]. Ver. 12. _Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips_]...
_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...
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of His lips, he has in no way departed from the Law of God; I HAVE ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD, literally, "more than that...
JOB DESPAIRS OF FINDING VINDICATION IN THIS LIFE...
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...
I HAVE ESTEEMED: _ Heb._ I have hid, or laid up MY NECESSARY FOOD: Or, my appointed portion...
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...
NEITHER HAVE I GONE BACK, i.e. not turned aside to any crooked or sinful path or course of life, human infirmity excepted. I HAVE ESTEEMED, Heb. _I have hid_, or laid it up, as men do their best treas...
Job 23:12 departed H4185 (H8686) commandment H4687 lips H8193 treasured H6845 (H8804) words H561 mouth H6310 necessary...
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 John 2:19; 1 Peter 2:2; Acts 14:22; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 10:39;...
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...