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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:27

Job 13:27. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks Thou encompassest me with thy judgments, so that I have no way or possibility to escape. And lookest narrowly unto all my paths Makest a strict and diligent search into all the actions of my life, that thou mayest find matter for which to condemn me. Thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet Thou followest me close at the heels, either to observe my actions, or to pursue me with thy judgments; insomuch, that thou dost often, as it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 13:28

Job 13:28. And he, as a rotten thing That is, man, as some commentators suppose, thinking that Job speaks of himself in the third person, and that the sense is, this poor frail creature, this carcass, or body of mine; consumeth Or wasteth away, and is destroyed; as a garment eaten by moths Others, however, interpret the words thus: He, that is, God, consumeth me (understanding the verb יבלה , jiblee, actively) as rottenness consumeth that in which it is, or, as a rotten thing ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 13:1-28

Job’s reply to Zophar (12:1-14:22)The reply from Job opens with a sarcastic comment on the supposed wisdom of the three friends. They have merely been repeating general truths that everybody knows (12:1-3). They do not have the troubles Job has, and they make no attempt to understand how Job feels. A good person suffers while wicked people live in peace and security (4-6).Job does not argue with the fact that all life is in God’s hands. What worries him is the interpretation of that fact... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 13:1

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . all this. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "all these things". Compare Job 33:29 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 13:4

forgers of = besmearers with. Occurs only here, Job 14:7 and Psalms 119:69 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 13:7

Will ye . . . ? Figure of speech, Erotesis. App-6 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 13:9

Is it . . . ? Figure of speech, Erotesis. App-6 . mocketh = befooleth. another. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 13:12

remembrances = memorable or weighty sayings. like unto ashes = similitudes of ashes: i.e. light. bodies = defences. Hebrew. gab = mounds. Add "[like to] clay defences ": i.e. weak. read more

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