But he knoweth the (f) way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
(f) God has this preeminence about me, that he knows my way: that is, that I am not able to judge his work, he shows also his confidence, that God uses him for his profit.
Verse Job 23:10. _BUT HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE_] He _approves_ of my conduct; my ways _please_ him. He tries me: but, like gold, I shall lose nothing in the fire; I shall come forth more pure a...
BUT HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE - Margin, “is with me.” That is, “I have the utmost confidence in him. Though I cannot see him, yet he sees me, and he knows my integrity; and whatever people may sa...
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...
TAKE: or choose. WHEN HE HATH: or, if He would. SHALL. should....
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...
The reason of God's thus hiding Himself and refusing to allow Himself to be approached is that He knows Job's innocence, but is resolved to treat him as guilty and bring him to death (Job 23:13). _But...
DISCOURSE: 474 THE UPRIGHT PERSON’S COMFORT UNDER AFFLICTIONS Job 23:10. _He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold_. THE superior happiness of the godly above...
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:...
_BUT HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE: WHEN HE HATH TRIED ME, I SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD._ But - correcting himself for the wish that his cause should be known before God. The omniscient One already kn...
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 did not know where God was (verses 8-9). But God knew where Job was. Job was starting to understand the reason for his troubles. His troubles were like a test (Job 1:8-12; Job 2:3-6). Job had bee...
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...
כִּֽי ־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּ †...
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...
_Fire. They had not a stone, like the Greeks, to try gold. (Calmet)_...
(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...
_HE KNOWETH MY WAY!_ ‘He knoweth the way that I take.’ Job 23:10 Of all the attributes of God, Omniscience is at once the most awful and most beautiful. If I had to test a person’s state, I would a...
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...
BUT HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE,.... This he seems to say in a way of solace to himself, comforting and contenting himself, that though he could not find God, nor knew where he was, or what way he...
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. Ver. 10. _But he knoweth the way that I take_] Heb. That is with me. He perfectly understandeth that there is...
_But he knoweth the way that I take_ My comfort is, that, though I cannot see him, and know all his ways, and the reasons of his dispensations; yet he, being everywhere present, alway sees me, knows m...
But He, while concealing Himself and thus escaping the necessity of acknowledging the innocence of the sufferer, KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE, He knows Job's accustomed way, that which he always took,...
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...
THE WAY THAT I TAKE: _ Heb._ the way that is with me...
"WHEN HE HAD TRIED ME,. SHALL COME FORTH AS GOLD": It is true that the person who goes through trials and remains faithful is purified like gold (1 Peter 1:6-7), but Job seems to mean here that if God...
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...
BUT, though I cannot see him, yet my comfort is, that he seeth me and my heart, and all my actions. Or, _for_, as this particle commonly signifies. So this verse contains a reason why he so vehemently...
Job 23:10 knows H3045 (H8804) way H1870 take H5978 tested H974 (H8804) forth H3318 (H8799) gold...
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...
_But He knoweth the way that I take._ THE GOOD MAN’S WAY A Christian in trouble should seek comfort in himself. His chief comfort lies in his relation to God. Only sincerity Godward makes such a sta...
_Behold, I go forward, but He is not there._ OBSCURITY OF THE DIVINE WORKING The perplexities felt by Job on this and kindred problems were not greater or more harassing than they are to us. Our adva...
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 Peter 1:7; 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Timothy 2:19; Deuteronomy 8:2; Genesis 1
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...
Gold — Which comes out of the furnace pure from all dross....