Job 31:29
What meaning of the job 31:29 in the Bible?
What does Job 31:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:"
What does Job 31:29 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:"
Verse Job 31:29. _IF I REJOICED_] I did not avenge myself on my enemy; and I neither bore malice nor hatred to him....
IF I REJOICED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF HIM THAT HATED ME - Job here introduces another class of offences, of which he says he was innocent. The subject referred to is the proper treatment of those who in...
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 31:35) Job 31:1. His final...
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...
FOUND. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia._ App-6....
e. He lived openly and would not hesitate to have the Almighty publish his record. (Job 31:29-40) TEXT 31:29-40 29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself w...
_IF I REJOICED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF HIM THAT HATED ME, OR LIFTED UP MYSELF WHEN EVIL FOUND HIM:_ Lifted up himself - in malicious triumph (Proverbs 17:5, "He that is glad at calamities shall not be...
31:29 when (b-14) Or 'that.'...
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...
IF I REJOICED AT THE DESTRUCTION. — He now proceeds to the realm of the wishes and thoughts, and is, therefore, far more thorough and searching with his own case than his friends had been....
אִם ־אֶ֭שְׂמַח בְּ פִ֣יד מְשַׂנְאִ֑י וְ֝ הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי כִּֽי ־מְצָ֥אֹו רָֽע׃...
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...
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 iniquit...
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...
_Rejoiced. Hebrew, "lifted up myself." Septuagint, "said in my heart, well, well;" euge. (Haydock) --- These sentiments of perfection shew that the same Spirit animated those who lived under the law o...
(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...
IF I REJOICED AT THE DESTRUCTION OF HIM THAT HATED ME,.... Job, though a good man, had his enemies, as all good men have, and that because of their goodness, and who hated him with an implacable hatre...
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Ver. 29. _If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me_] If I rejoiced at his ruin or fed my t...
_If I rejoiced_, &c. I was so far from being malicious toward, and from revenging myself on, an enemy, which is the common and allowed practice of ungodly men, that I did not so much as delight in his...
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...
Job had not rejoiced at the downfall of his enemies or cursed them. He was seeking to love his enemy as himself. He had not even been secretly glad when an enemy died or faced trouble (see Proverbs 17...
24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Thro...
I was so far from malice and revenging myself of mine enemy, which is the common and allowed practice of ungodly men, that I did not so much as desire or delight in his ruin, when it was brought upon...
Job 31:29 rejoiced H8055 (H8799) destruction H6365 hated H8130 (H8764) lifted H5782 (H8712) evil H7451 found H4672 (H8804) 2 Samuel 1:12, 2 Samuel 4:10-11, 2 Samuel 16:5-8;...
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...
_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’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 _privat...
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...
2 Samuel 1:12; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 4:11; Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 24:17; Proverbs 24:18; Psalms 35:13; Psalms 35:14;...
Lift up — Heb. stirred up myself to rejoice and insult over his misery....