ヨブ記 31:33-37 Jc
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40
Job's second parable: 4. A solemn protestation of innocence. I. WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW OF CHASTITY . (Verses 1-4.) 1 . The wickedness he eschewed. Not alone the crime of seduction, or the actual defilement of virginal innocence, but even the indulgence of so much as a lascivious desire in connection with an unmarried female, was an ungodliness which Job regarded with abhorrence and indignation. Job's morality on this point, as also upon some others, is a remarkable... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40
Solemn assurances of innocence. Job can discover no connection between his present sufferings and those well-founded hopes of his former life to which he has been referring; but there remains the assumption of his guilt as an explanation. In his intense longing for redemption he is led, in conclusion, to affirm in the most solemn and sacred manner his innocence, invoking the sorest punishments upon himself if his words are untrue. Thus, in effect, he makes a final appeal to God as his Judge.... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40
The consciousness of integrity. The Divine solution of the riddle of human life is being wrought out in this poem, although at times it seems as though the entanglement became more and more confused. The case, as put in these three chapters, is the condensation of all as far as it has gone. It still awaits the solution. Job was in riches, dignity, and honour; he is now cast down to ignominy and suffering. Yet he is righteous—this, at least, is his own conviction; and in this chapter he makes... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam ; or, after the manner of men It does not seem to me likely that Job had such a knowledge of Adam's conduct in the garden of Eden as would have made an allusion to it in this place natural or probable. The religious traditions of the Chaldees, which note the war in heaven, the Deluge, the building of the Tower of Babel, and the confusion of tongues, contain no mention of Adam or of Paradise. Nor. so far as I am aware, is there, among other ancient... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:33-34
The shame of public exposure. Job asks whether he has hidden his sin, and shrunk from public exposure for fear of the multitude? On the contrary, he has been frank and fearless, daring to face the world because he is true and honest. I. THE GUILTY MAN IS AFRAID OF PUBLIC EXPOSURE . This is a common feeling. It is "after the manner of men." It was seen in Adam hiding in the garden. Shame follows sin. Guilt creates cowardice. He who held his head aloft in his innocence... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude! rather, because I feared the great multitude ' or the great assembly ; i.e . the gathering of the people in the gate on occasions of public business. It' Job had been conscious of any great and heinous sins ' he would not have led the open and public life which, previously to his calamities, he had always led ( Job 29:7-10 , Job 29:21-25 ); he would have been afraid to make his appearance at public meetings, lest his sins should have become... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:35
Oh that one would hear me! i.e. Oh that I had an opportunity of plea, ling my cause before a just judge l of having charges openly brought against me, and having "one" to hear my reply to them! Job does not regard his "comforters" as such persons. They are prejudiced; they have even made themselves his accusers. Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me ; rather, behold ' here is my signature I let the Almighty answer me. This passage is parenthetic. Job would prefer to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:35
The indictment. Job desires something like a legal indictment. His experience suggests confusion, uncertainty, irregularity. He sets "his mark," and now he wants his Adversary—who, to Job's thought, can be none other than his Judge, God—to draw up an indictment that he may know once for all what charges are brought against him. I. MAN CANNOT UNDERSTAND GOD 'S DEALINGS WITH HIM . This thought repeatedly recurs in the Book of Job; it is one of the great lessons of the poem.... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:37
I would declare unto him the number of my steps - I would show this adversary the different stations I had been in, and the offices which I had filled in life, that he might trace me through the whole of my civil, military, and domestic life, in order to get evidence against me. As a prince would I go near - Though carrying my own accusation, I would go into the presence of my judge as the נגיד nagid , chief, or sovereign commander and judge, of the people and country, and would not... read more