Job 22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:10-11

Job 22:10-11. Therefore snares are round about thee For these and the like crimes thou art encompassed with dangers and calamities. And sudden fear troubleth thee Besides thy present miseries, thou art tormented with the dread of further and greater judgments. Or darkness, that thou canst not see Such confusion and perplexity of mind that thou canst not discern the true cause and use of thy sufferings; or grievous calamities, often called darkness, which are such that thou canst see no... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:12

Job 22:12. Is not God in the height of heaven? Surely, he is; and from that high tower he looketh down upon men, to behold, and govern, and recompense all their actions, whether good or bad. And, therefore, O Job, thou art grossly mistaken, in thinking that good men suffer as deeply as any others in this lower world, while the vilest of men flourish and are exalted; which would imply that all things are managed here by chance, or without any regard to justice and to just men, and not by the... read more

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

Job 22:13. And Or therefore, thou sayest, How doth God know? &c. From this true and certain principle, thou drawest a false and wicked conclusion, and fanciest, perhaps, that because he is so high he minds not what is done here below: or, that he cannot discern the difference of things so very remote, through those immense and innumerable clouds which lie between the heaven and the earth. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:14

Job 22:14. Thick clouds are a covering to him He is surrounded, thou imaginest, with such thick clouds that they conceal us from his sight. And he walketh in the circuit of the heaven His delight is in heaven, which is worthy of his care, but he will not burden himself with the care of earth; which was the opinion of many heathen philosophers, and, as his friends fancied, was Job’s opinion also. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:15-16

Job 22:15-16 . Hast thou marked the old way? Hebrew, ארח עולם , orach gnolam, the way of antiquity, that is, of men living in ancient times, or former ages. And, by their way, he either means their course, and common practice, or their end and success. Which were cut down out of time Before their time; who died a violent and untimely death. Whose foundation was overflown, &c. Who, together with their foundation the earth, and all their supports and enjoyments, were destroyed by... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:17

Job 22:17. Which said unto God, Depart from us He repeats Job’s words, Job 21:14-15; but to a contrary purpose. Job alleged them to show that some men prospered, notwithstanding their professed wickedness, and Eliphaz produces them to show that they were cut off for it. And, What can the Almighty do for them? Thus did that wicked generation, whom Noah had in vain called to repentance, as it were, defy God, contemning both his threatenings and his promises. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:18

Job 22:18. Yet he filled their houses with good things Yet it is true, that for a time God did prosper them, but, at last, cut them off in a tremendous manner. But the counsel of the wicked, &c. He repeats Job’s words, (Job 21:16,) not without reflection: thou didst say so, but against thy own principle, that God carries himself indifferently toward good and bad; but I, who have observed God’s terrible judgments upon wicked men, have much more reason to abhor their counsels. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:19

Job 22:19. The righteous see it Whom God often spares in common calamities, and gives them to see the destruction of the wicked; as Noah, Lot, &c. And are glad Not that they insult over, or rejoice in, the ruin of any men, but because they delight in the vindication of God’s honour, and justice, and holiness, which is connected with the destruction of his enemies, and which is, and ought to be, dearer to them than all the interests of men. And the innocent laugh them to scorn Justly... read more

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

Job 22:20. Whereas Or rather, seeing that, or, because, when wicked men are destroyed, they are preserved. He should have said their substance; but he changes the person, and saith, our substance; either as including himself in the number of righteous persons, and thereby intimating that he pleaded the common cause of all such, while Job pleaded the cause of the wicked; or because he would hereby thankfully acknowledge some eminent and particular preservation given to him among... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:21

Job 22:21. Acquaint now thyself with him That is, with God, as appears both from Job 22:23, where he is expressed, and from the nature of the matter in hand, there being no other way to happiness. Renew thy acquaintance with God by prayer, and repentance for all thy sins, and true humiliation under his hand, and hearty compliance with all his commands, and diligent care to serve and enjoy him. It is our honour, that we are made capable of this acquaintance; our misery, that by sin we have... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:10-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:12

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:15-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:19

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 22:21

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