Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 13:27
Job 13:27. Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, &c.— Thou puttest my feet also in a clog; thou watchest all my paths; thou settest a mark on the soles of my feet. This alludes to the custom of putting a clog on the feet of fugitive slaves with the owner's mark, that they might be tracked and found. Heath. Houbigant renders the next verse, So that I am become like a thing consumed with rottenness; like a garment eaten up by the moth. I would just observe, that the dividing these speeches... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 13:26
Job 13:26. Thou writest bitter things against me— The author of the Divine Legation, zealous to support his allegorical scheme, is always desirous, for that end, to point out inconsistencies in this book. "The great point Job insists upon (says he) throughout the whole book is, his innocence; and yet, to our surprize, we hear him thus expostulating with God: Thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. This can be accounted for no otherwise than by... read more