Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 31:14
What then shall I do when (k) God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
(k) If I had oppressed others, how would I have escaped God's judgment.
What then shall I do when (k) God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
(k) If I had oppressed others, how would I have escaped God's judgment.
WHAT THEN SHALL I DO WHEN GOD RISETH UP? - That is, when he rises up to pronounce sentence upon people, or to execute impartial justice. Job admits that if he had done injustice to a servant, he would...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
DISCOURSE: 482 THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR OUR GREAT ACCOUNT Job 31:14. _What shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?_ THE testimony of a good conscience is...
IF I DID DESPISE, &C.— See on chap. Job 19:25. The 14th verse should be rendered in the future, agreeably to the Hebrew; _what shall I do, when God shall arise; and when he shall visit, what shall I a...
b. Was upright in his domestic relations (Job 31:9-15) c. He was kind and neighborly. (Job 31:16-23) TEXT 31:9-23 9 IF MY HEART HATH BEEN ENTICED ONTO A WOMAN, And I have laid wait at my neighbo...
_IF I DID DESPISE THE CAUSE OF MY MANSERVANT OR OF MY MAIDSERVANT, WHEN THEY CONTENDED WITH ME;_ Job affirms his freedom from unfairness toward his servants: from harshness and oppression toward the...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
RISETH UP] i.e. to judge....
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 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
Often a wealthy man does not respect his servants. That man might be very proud. He might think that he is more important than other people. James warned that such attitudes are very evil (James 5:1-5...
וּ מָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי ־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְ
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 CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
(9) В¶ If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; (10) Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. (11) For this is an heino...
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...
WHAT THEN SHALL I DO WHEN GOD RISETH UP?.... That is, if he had despised and rejected the cause of his servants, or had neglected, or refused to do them justice; he signifies he should be at the utmos...
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Ver. 14. _What then shall I do when God riseth up, &c._] Job considered that he had a Master in heaven, Colossi...
_If I did despise the cause of my man-servant_ If I used my power over him to overthrow him and his just rights; _when they contended with me_ Either for requiring more work from them than they could...
what, then, shall I do when God riseth up, if He arose in judgment upon such behavior? AND WHEN HE VISITETH, WHAT SHALL I ANSWER HIM? If Job had been guilty as here outlined, then, indeed, would the L...
JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste...
WHEN GOD RISETH UP, to wit, to plead the cause of the oppressed against the oppressor, and to execute judgment, as this phrase is used, PSALMS 68:1 MALACHI 2:13, and elsewhere. I used my servant like...
Job 31:14 do H6213 (H8799) God H410 up H6965 (H8799) punishes H6485 (H8799) answer H7725 ...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_What then shall I do when God riseth up?_ THE GREAT QUESTION 1. Job’s mind was deeply impressed with a sense of his own responsibility. There is a natural inclination in the mind of man to diminish...
_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:13 Job met the needs of his servants, so that they would not have a COMPLAINT against him for which he would have no ANSWER for God....
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
Hosea 9:7; Isaiah 10:3; James 2:13; Job 10:2; Job 9:32;...