Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 29:23
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide (p) [as] for the latter rain.
(p) As the dry ground thirsts for the rain.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide (p) [as] for the latter rain.
(p) As the dry ground thirsts for the rain.
Verse Job 29:23. _THEY WAITED FOR ME AS FOR THE RAIN_] The idea continued. They longed as much to hear me speak, to receive my counsel and my decisions, as the thirsty land does for refreshing waters....
AND THEY WAITED FOR ME AS FOR THE RAIN - That is, as the dry and thirsty earth waits for the rain. This is a continuation of the beautiful image commenced in the previous verse, and conveys the idea t...
CHAPTER 29 _ 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1)_ 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11) Job 29:1. The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another ch...
JOB 29. JOB'S FORMER HAPPY DAYS. Job 29:1. Job longs that he might once again live as of old under God's favour. In Job 29:4 secret means intimacy (_cf._ Psalms 25:14)....
AS FOR THE RAIN: i.e. the early rain, which is sometimes so late as to cause anxiety....
Return to the main thought of the passage, his place among men, his brothers....
THEY WAITED FOR ME AS FOR THE RAIN— Among the Egyptians, the heavens pouring down rain or dew, was a hieroglyphic of learning and instruction. See Horapollo on Hieroglyph. l. 1. sect. 35 and Heath....
c. The honor that was his (Job 29:18-25) TEXT 29:18-25 18 THEN I SAID, I SHALL DIE IN MY NEST, And I shall multiply my days as the sand: 19 My root is spread oat to the waters, And the dew lieth...
_AND THEY WAITED FOR ME AS FOR THE RAIN; AND THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AS FOR THE LATTER RAIN._ Image of Job 29:22 continued. They waited for my salutary counsel, as the dry soil does for the refr...
THE LATTER RAIN] the spring rains as contrasted with those of the autumn....
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS AND HAPPINESS Job mournfully recalls the days of God's favour, and the prosperity and honour he once enjoyed. In this chapter we have the picture of a great and worthy chieftain...
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 29 JOB DESCRIBES HIS LIFE B...
These people were glad to hear Job. They loved him. His words seemed precious to them. Nobody would argue with Job then. They thought that his speeches were always right. But after Job suffered his g...
וְ יִֽחֲל֣וּ כַ † מָּטָ֣ר לִ֑י וּ֝...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE BITTER MEMORY OF THE HAPPY PAST Job 29:1 How many thousands, looking back on the beautiful dawn of life which has become overcast, have uttered the thought of the opening words of this chapter! T...
Job now moved a step forward in his reply. He was still without a solution. That of his friends he utterly repudiated. In order to prepare the way for the utterance of a solemn oath of innocence, he f...
_Shower, in autumn, at which season only, and in spring, it rained in those countries. (Calmet) (Deuteronomy xi. 14.) (Menochius) --- It would, of course, be very acceptable after the drought of summe...
(18) В¶ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. (19) My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. (20) My glory was fresh in m...
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...
AND THEY WAITED FOR ME AS FOR THE RAIN,.... The former rain, as appears by the following clause, which fell in autumn, about October, after seedtime, in order to nourish and cherish it, and bring it u...
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain. Ver. 23. _And they waited for me as for the rain_] Which in those hot countries was highly prized, a...
_Unto me men gave ear_ When I spake all men gave me the greatest attention, and my word was a law to them; _and waited and kept silence_, &c. Expecting till I spake, and silently listening to my couns...
And they waited for me as for the rain, to have his counsel come to them as such a gentle shower; AND THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTH WIDE AS FOR THE LATTER RAIN, the rain of early spring, which determines th...
JOB SPEAKS OF HIS BENEVOLENCE AND THE HONOR ACCORDED HIM...
JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too muc...
18-25 Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but...
AS FOR THE RAIN; as the earth or the husbandman waiteth for the rain, to wit, the former rain, of which see DEUTERONOMY 11:14, because the LATTER RAIN is here opposed to it: see JAMES 5:7. THEY OPENED...
Job 29:23 waited H3176 (H8765) rain H4306 opened H6473 (H8804) mouth H6310 rain H4456 as for the rain -...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He rehearses the story of his life. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not the smiles of the world, although virtu...
Job 29:3. When _his candle shined upon my head;_ that is, when the light of his countenance shone upon me, in every form of patriarchal prosperity. This figure seems to be borrowed from the lights in...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:1 Chapters Job 29:1 conclude the dialogues with Job’s reflections on his current and future state....
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 29:7 Job looks back on what he had thought the course of his life would be. He had seen it as a well-rooted tree that would continue to bear fruit, benefiting himself and others (vv. J...
_JOB’S RETROSPECT_ Takes a calm retrospective view of his past experience and life. Thus disproves the suspicions and accusations of his friends, and shows that his complaints were sufficiently well-g...
EXPOSITION JOB 29:1 From these deep musings upon the nature of true wisdom, and the contrast between the ingenuity and cleverness of man and the infinite knowledge of God, Job turns to another contra...
Moreover Job continued (Job 29:1) He's got a lot to say. Bildad has run out, so Job thought, "I'll just keep going on." And now it's sort of a lament of the days before all of his afflictions. Lookin...
Hosea 6:3; Psalms 72:6; Zechariah 10:1...