Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and (e) hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
(e) Being ashamed of their lightness and afraid of my gravity.
The young men saw me, and (e) hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up.
(e) Being ashamed of their lightness and afraid of my gravity.
Verse Job 29:8. _THE YOUNG MEN SAW ME, AND HID THEMSELVES_] From all classes of persons I had the most marked respect. The YOUNG, through modesty and bashfulness, shrunk back, and were afraid to meet...
THE YOUNG MEN SAW ME, AND HID THEMSELVES - That is, they retired as if awed at my presence. They gave place to me, or reverently withdrew as I passed along. AND THE AGED AROSE, AND STOOD UP - They not...
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)....
_hid themselves_ The young men withdrew out of reverence, not knowing perhaps how to meet and rightly salute one so great as Job was. _arose, and stood up_ The aged are supposed already met in the ga...
THE YOUNG MEN SAW ME, AND HID THEMSELVES— Among the honours paid to Job in the time of his prosperity, though he was the greatest of all the men of the east, his cotemporaries, we do not find that pro...
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-
_WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE GATE THROUGH THE CITY, WHEN I PREPARED MY SEAT IN THE STREET!_ The great influence Job had over young and old, and noblemen. THROUGH ... STREET - rather, 'when I went out of...
HID THEMSELVES] because of the awe which Job inspired....
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...
Before Job’s troubles began, everybody used to respect Job. In ancient times, walls would surround a city. There would be a square by the city’s main gate. People would gather there for meetings. The...
רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְ נֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ ישִׁישִׁים...
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...
(6) When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; (7) В¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! (8) The young men saw me,...
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...
THE YOUNG MEN SAW ME, AND HID THEMSELVES,.... Through a veneration of him; which was much, since young men, through a vain conceit and opinion of themselves, are apt to treat their superiors in age wi...
_The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, [and] stood up._ Ver. 8. _The young men saw me, and hid themselves_] As awed with my presence, and fearing the censure of my gravity. Va...
_The young men saw me and hid themselves_ Out of reverence to my person and dignity, or out of a consciousness of their guilt and folly, which they supposed I might understand either by information fr...
The young men saw me and hid themselves, out of great reverence for Job's wisdom and influence, AND THE AGED AROSE AND STOOD UP, the very gray-headed men showing him deference in the most marked manne...
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...
7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such g...
HID THEMSELVES; either out of a profound reverence to my person and dignity, or out of a conscience of their own guilt or folly, which they supposed I might either understand by information from other...
Job 29:8 men H5288 saw H7200 (H8804) hid H2244 (H8738) aged H3453 arose H6965 (H8804) stood...
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...
1 Peter 2:17; 1 Peter 5:5; Leviticus 19:32; Proverbs 16:31; Prover