Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 29:4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the (c) secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
(c) That is, seemed by evident tokens to be more present with me.
As I was in the days of my youth, when the (c) secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
(c) That is, seemed by evident tokens to be more present with me.
Verse Job 29:4. _THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH_] The original word rather means _in_ _the days of my winter_, חרפי charpi, from חרף _charaph_, "to strip or make bare." Mr. _Harmer_ supposes the _rainy season_...
AS I WAS IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH - The word here rendered “youth” (חרף _chôreph_), properly means “autumn - from” (חרף _châraph_), to “pluck, pull,” as being the time when fruits ace gathered. Then...
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)....
YOUTH. autumn's prime, or maturity. SECRET. counsel. TABERNACLE. tent....
_days of my youth_ lit. _days of my autumn_. It is doubtful if Job means to describe by this expression any period of his own _age_, namely his manhood. He rather compares his former time of prosperit...
AS I WAS IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH— The word חרפי _chorpi,_ signifies the _winter,_ or rather, more precisely, the _wet season,_ such as prevails in the eastern countries. _Oh that I were as in months p...
D. THE SOLILOQUY OF A SUFFERER (Job 29:1, Job 31:40) 1. Reminiscencehis former happy life (Job 29:1-25) a. The outward aspect (Job 29:1-10) TEXT 29:1-
_AS I WAS IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH, WHEN THE SECRET OF GOD WAS UPON MY TABERNACLE;_ Youth - rather х_ CHOREP_ (H2779) autumn], the time of the ripe fruits of my prosperity. The Vulgate, as the English...
29:4 youth, (g-9) Lit. 'autumn.' it was the beginning of the civil year....
DAYS OF MY YOUTH] RV 'ripeness of my days.' Secret] RM' friendship.' TABERNACLE] RV 'tent.'...
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 had a very successful life before his troubles began: • God was protecting Job (Job 1:10). And God was providing for Job. • Job became rich (Job 1:3) because God gave many possessions to Job (Jo...
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...
IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH. — Literally, my _autumn: i.e.,_ in the ripeness, maturity of my days. He was then in the depth of winter. (Comp. the words “in which it seemed always afternoon.”) Some suppose...
כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָ֭יִיתִי בִּ ימֵ֣י חָרְפִּ֑י בְּ
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...
_Youth. Hebrew, also "autumn or winter," which are seasons of repose, when people enjoy the fruits of their labours. --- Tabernacle, and all consulted me as an oracle. (Calmet) -- Septuagint, "when Go...
(1) В¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked...
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...
AS I WAS IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH,.... Either taken literally, he being one like Obadiah, that feared God from his youth upward, 1 Kings 18:3; or figuratively, for his former state of prosperity, when...
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle; Ver. 4. _As I was in the days of my youth_] _Hybernorum meorum,_ so Junius; as I was in the days of my winter quarte...
_As I was in the days of my youth_ In my former and flourishing days; _when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle_ When there was a secret blessing of God upon me and my family, succeeding us in al...
as I was in the days of my youth, literally, "of my autumn or harvest," the days of his prime, of his ripe manhood, WHEN THE SECRET OF GOD WAS UPON MY TABERNACLE, when His friendship, His companionshi...
JOB DESCRIBES HIS FORMER PROSPERITY...
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...
Job had been in the prime of his life, and he had felt that God was truly his friend and protector. Job had clearly felt the "hedge" that God had placed around him....
1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things...
IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH, i.e. in my former and flourishing days, which he calls the DAYS OF YOUTH, because those are commonly the times of mirth and comfort, as old age is called _evil days_, ECCLESIA...
Job 29:4 days H3117 prime H2779 counsel H5475 God H433 tent H168 the secret - Job 1:10,...
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 29:2 Job recalls a time when he felt as if he were in his PRIME, as the FRIENDSHIP OF GOD was evident on his household (v. Job 29:5
_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...
Colossians 3:3; Job 1:10; Job 15:8; Proverbs 3:32; Psalms 25:14;...