Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: (s) he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who (t) [is] he?
(s) That they cannot see to do justice.
(t) That can show the contrary?
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: (s) he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who (t) [is] he?
(s) That they cannot see to do justice.
(t) That can show the contrary?
Verse Job 9:24. _THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED_] Is it not most evident that the worst men possess most of this world's goods, and that the righteous are scarcely ever in power or aff...
THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED - This is evidently designed as an illustration of the sentiment that Job was maintaining - that there was not a distribution of rewards and punishments...
CHAPTER S 9-10 JOB ANSWERS BILDAD _ 1. The supremacy and power of God (Job 9:1)_ 2. How then can Job meet Him? (Job 9:11) 3. He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked (Job 9:22) 4. Confession of we...
JOB 9:1 is Job's answer to the position taken up by Bildad, viz. that the Almighty cannot judge falsely (Job 8:3). In Job 2 accepts the general principle that God judges according to merit. But of wha...
COVERETH: i.e. so that they cannot discern between right and wrong....
From the operation of this terrible force in the physical world Job passes on to describe its display among creatures, and to shew how it paralyses and crushes them....
The same illustrated on the widest scale. Job 9:23 spoke of particular calamities afflicting portions of the earth. At the despair of the innocent under these God mocks, distant and indifferent. Now J...
HE COVERETH THE FACES OF THE JUDGES— _He hath covered the face of the judgments which are done in it; but the cause of his anger who shall declare?_ That is, Who can set forth the reasons why God is a...
2. Arbitrarily God deals with him, no matter what he may do. (Job 9:13-24) TEXT 9:13-24 13 GOD WILL NOT WITHDRAW HIS ANGER; The helpers of Rahab do stoop under him. 14 How much less shall I answer...
_THE EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED: HE COVERETH THE FACES OF THE JUDGES THEREOF; IF NOT, WHERE, AND WHO IS HE?_ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of t...
9:24 he (a-13) i.e. God....
JOB'S SECOND SPEECH (JOB 9:10) Job 9:10 are, perhaps, in their religious and moral aspects the most difficult in the book. Driver in his 'Introduction to the Literature of the OT.' analyses them as f...
HE COVERETH THE FACES, etc.] so that they are blind to justice. IF NOT, WHERE, etc.] RV 'If _it be_ not _he,_ who then is it?' To whom but God can this state of things be ascribed? 25-31. Job's life...
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 9 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S F...
In this life, good people often suffer. But God is not responsible for their troubles. Sometimes the devil caused the troubles (as in Job 2:7). Sometimes evil people are responsible. And sometimes nat...
אֶ֤רֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽ יַד ־רָשָׁ֗ע פְּנֵֽי ־
X. THE THOUGHT OF A DAYSMAN JOB 9:1; Job 10:1 Job SPEAKS IT is with an infinitely sad restatement of what God has been made to appear to him by Bildad's speech that Job begins his reply. Yes, yes; it...
“THE DAYSMAN” Job 9:1 Ponder the sublimity of the conceptions of God given in this magnificent passage. To God are attributed the earthquake that rocks the pillars on which the world rests, Job 9:6;...
Job now answered Bildad. He first admitted the truth of the general proposition, Of a truth I know that it IS so; and then propounded the great question, which he subsequently proceeded to discuss in...
_Wicked one, (Haydock) the devil, (Menochius) or any impious person who enjoys prosperity. He, (Calmet) or even God permissively, covered the face, (Haydock) by bribes; so that judges pass sentence un...
(22) В¶ This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. (23) If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. (24) The earth is given into th...
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 EARTH IS GIVEN INTO THE HANDS OF THE WICKED,.... Either the wicked one, Satan, as Jarchi and Bar Tzemach, who is the god of this world; or some wicked tyrant, as Nimrod, or some other known by Job...
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he? Ver. 24. _The earth is given into the hand of the wicked_] God many time...
_The earth is given into the hand of the wicked_ Hebrew, רשׁע, _rashang, of the wicked man._ The possession and dominion of a large portion of it are frequently given, by the great Lord and Proprietor...
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked, this God readily permits; HE COVERETH THE FACES OF THE JUDGES THEREOF, veiling their eyes and permitting them to render wicked decisions, to practise un...
JOB INSISTS THAT GOD VISITS ALSO THE RIGHTEOUS WITH AFFLICTION...
HOW CAN MAN BE JUST BEFORE GOD? (vv.1-13) Job's reply to Bildad occupies two Chapter s, 35 verses longer than Bildad's arguments had taken. But Job acknowledged, "Truly, I know it is so," that is, h...
22-24 Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good, always prosper in this world, and that none but the wicked are in misery an...
THE EARTH, i.e. the possession and dominion of men and things on earth. IS GIVEN, to wit, by God, the great Lord and Disposer of it, by his providence. INTO THE HAND OF THE WICKED; into their power. A...
Job 9:24 earth H776 given H5414 (H8738) hand H3027 wicked H7563 covers H3680 (H8762) faces H6440 judges...
CONTENTS: Job answers Bildad, denying he is a hypocrite. CHARACTERS: God, Job, Bildad. CONCLUSION: Man is an unequal match for his Maker, either in dispute or combat. If God should deal with any of...
Job 9:5. _Removeth the mountains,_ by earthquakes. The great mountain ranges have continuous caverns, with interior rivers and lakes. Where liases, iron and sulphur abound, volcanoes form their beds o...
_Which doeth great things past finding out._ JOB’S IDEA OF WHAT GOD IS TO MANKIND He regards the Eternal as-- I. Inscrutable. 1. In His works. “Which doeth great things past finding out.” How great...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 9:22 Job argues that, from what one can observe in the world, BOTH THE BLAMELESS AND THE WICKED are destroyed, both fall prey to DISASTER, and both suffer injustice. All of these thing...
_JOB’S REPLY TO BILDAD_ Strongly affirms the truth of Bildad’s speech as to God’s justice (Job 9:1). Declares the impossibility of fallen man establishing his righteousness with God. The same, already...
EXPOSITION JOB 9:1 Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alterna...
So Job answers him and he said, I know it is true (Job 9:1-2): What? That God is fair. That God is just. Now that is something that we need to all know. That is true. God is righteous. God is just. Th...
2 Samuel 15:30; 2 Samuel 19:4; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 5:18; Daniel 7:7;
The earth — The dominion over it. Into — Into their power. As good men are frequently scourged, so the wicked are advanced. Faces — Meantime he covers the faces of wise and good men, fit to be judges,...