Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make (l) him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
(l) He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's creatures as he was.
Did not he that made me in the womb make (l) him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
(l) He was moved to show pity to servants, because they were God's creatures as he was.
Verse Job 31:15. _DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME - MAKE HIM?_] I know that God is the Judge of all; that all shall appear before him in that state where the king and his subject, the master and his slave, s...
DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM? - Had we not one and the same Creator, and have we not consequently the same nature? We may observe in regard to this sentiment, (1.) That it indicates a...
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...
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...
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...
DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM? — He here meets the charges of Eliphaz (Job 22:6; Job 22:9)....
הֲֽ֝ לֹא ־בַ֭ † בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ...
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...
DID NOT HE THAT MADE ME IN THE WOMB MAKE HIM?.... And her also, both his manservant and maidservant: these were made, by the Lord as Job was, and in a like place and manner as he himself; though paren...
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? Ver. 15. _Did not he that made me in the womb, make him?_] In which regard have not we all one Father, and hath n...
_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...
Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One, that is, one and the same God, FASHION US IN THE WOMB? God is the Creator of the slave as well as of the master, and there is for that re...
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...
DID NOT ONE FASHION US IN THE WOMB?: Or, did he not fashion us in one womb?...
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...
I considered that he was, though my servant, yet my fellow creature, made by the same God, and therefore one of God's subjects, whom I could not abuse without the injury of his supreme Lord. DID NOT O...
Job 31:15 made H6213 (H8802) womb H990 make H6213 (H8804) One H259 fashion H3559 (H8787) womb...
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...
_Did not He that made me in the womb make him?_ GOD THE UNIVERSAL CREATOR I. Illustrate the doctrine here conveyed. Both high and low, rich and poor, all sorts and conditions of men, have one common...
_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...
Isaiah 58:7; Job 10:8; Job 34:19; Malachi 2:10; Nehemiah 5:5;...