(2) As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment.—Job’s faith leads him to see that, though there may be no explanation for his sufferings, yet they are laid upon him by God for purposes of His own, which are veiled from him. read more
(5) God forbid that I should justify you.—To admit the wickedness with which his friends charged him would have been to justify them—to say that they were right and he was wrong. This he resolves not to do. read more
(6) My heart shall not reproach me.—Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days. read more
(7) Let mine enemy be as the wicked.—While, however, he admits that the wicked is often a prosperous man, he declares that he has no envy for him, but would have only his adversaries to be like him. read more
(8) What is the hope?—Better, What is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul? read more
(10) Will he delight himself?—It is only the godly who can say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison with Thee;” and again, “I will praise Thy name, because it is so comfortable;” but this man hath no promise that he can plead, and therefore no assurance of access at all times to the presence of God. read more
(11) I will teach you.—Better, I will teach you of the hand of God; or, what is in the power of God. read more
(12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it.—That is, “You have seen me so proclaim the great power of God.” read more
(13) This is the portion of a wicked man.—Some have thought that the remainder of this chapter, if not Job 28:0 also, constitutes the missing third speech of Zophar, and that the usual words, “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,” have dropped out; but whatever may so be gained in symmetry seems to be lost in dramatic effect. We have seen that Bildad had but little to say, and that was only a few truisms; it is not surprising, therefore, that when it came to the turn of Zophar he had... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 27:1
XXVII.(1) Job continued his parable.—The remainder of Job’s speech—now, for the first time, called his parable—consists of his determination not to renounce his righteousness (Job 27:2-6); his own estimate of the fate of the wicked (Job 27:7-23); his magnificent estimate of the nature of wisdom (Job 28:0); his comparison of his former life (Job 29:0) with that of his present experience (Job 30:0); his final declaration of his innocent and irreproachable conduct (Job 31:0). read more