Job 13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:13

Job 13:13. Hold your peace Do not now interrupt me in my discourse; which, peradventure, he observed by their gestures, some of them were now attempting; let me alone, that I may speak That I may freely utter my whole mind; let come on me what will Whatever the event may be, I am determined to speak in my own defence. My friends may put an unfavourable construction upon it, and think the worse of me for it; but I hope God will not make my necessary defence to be my offence, as they do:... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:14

Job 13:14. Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, &c. The sense, according to some commentators, is, Why do I torment myself? Why do I grieve so immoderately, like those persons who, in their afflictions, rend their garments, and are ready to tear their very flesh? But Bishop Patrick’s paraphrase seems to accord better with the context, namely, “I am so conscious to myself of my innocence, that I must still wonder why I suffer such enraging miseries, and am exposed to so many... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:15

Job 13:15 . Though he slay me But though God should yet more and more increase my torments, so that I could bear them no longer, but should perceive myself to be at the point of death, without any hope of recovery; yet will I trust in him Or, more exactly according to the Hebrew text, Shall I not trust in him? Shall I despair? No; I will not, I know he is a just, a faithful, and merciful God; and he knows that my heart is upright before him, and that I am no hypocrite. But I will... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:16

Job 13:16. He also shall be my salvation I rest assured that he will save me out of these miseries, sooner or later, one way or other, if not with a temporal, yet with an eternal salvation after death; of which he speaks Job 19:25. For a hypocrite Or, rather, But a hypocrite shall not come before him If I were a hypocrite, as you allege, I durst not present myself before him to plead my cause with him, as now I desire to do, nor could I hope for any salvation from or with him in heaven. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:17

Job 13:17. Hear diligently my speech This he desired before, (Job 13:6,) and now repeats, either, because they manifested some dislike of his speech, and some desire to interrupt him; or, because he now comes more closely to the question; the foregoing verses being mostly in the way of preface to it. And my declaration That is, the words whereby I declare my mind. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:18-19

Job 13:18-19. Behold, now, I have ordered my cause Namely, in my own mind. I have seriously considered the state of my case, what can be said, either for me or against me, and am ready to plead my cause. I know that I shall be justified Acquitted by God of that hypocrisy and wickedness wherewith you charge me, and declared a righteous person, human infirmities excepted. Who is he that will plead with me? Let who will come and accuse me, I am ready to answer. If I hold my tongue, I ... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:20-22

Job 13:20-22 . Let me only beg, O great Judge of all, that thou wilt forbear to make use of two things against me. Then will I not hide myself from thee Then will I appear confidently to plead my cause before thee. Withdraw thy hand from me Suspend my torments during the time of my pleading with thee, that my mind may be at liberty. And let not thy dread make me afraid Do not present thyself to me in terrible majesty, neither deal with me in rigorous justice. Then call thou, and I... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:23-24

Job 13:23-24. How many are my sins? That I am a sinner, I confess; but not that I am guilty of such crimes as my friends suppose; if it be so, do thou, O Lord, discover it. Wherefore hidest thou thy face? Withdrawest thy favour and help, which thou hast been wont to afford me; and holdest me for thine enemy? That is, dealest as sharply with me as if I were thy professed enemy. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:25

Job 13:25. Wilt thou break a leaf? &c. Doth it become thy infinite and excellent majesty to use thy might to crush such a poor, impotent, and frail creature as I am, that can no more resist thy power than a leaf or a little dry straw can resist the fury of the wind or fire? Thus, whatever was irreverent or unbecoming in Job’s expressions, as recorded in Job 13:22, is greatly alleviated, as Dr. Dodd has observed, from Peters, by the humility and self- abasement manifested in these last... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:26

Job 13:26 . For thou writest That is, thou appointest; bitter things against me A terrible sentence, or most grievous punishments. It is a metaphor taken from the custom of princes or judges, who anciently used to write their sentences, or decrees, concerning persons or causes brought before them. And makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth Dost now, at once, bring upon me the punishment of all my sins, not excepting those of my youth, which were committed before I well knew... read more

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