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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:12

I was at ease (compare the picture drawn in Job 1:1-5 ). Job had been "at ease," tranquil, prosperous, happy. He had been almost without a care, when suddenly "trouble came." But he hath broken me asunder ; rather, he brake me asunder (see the Revised Version). In the midst of his ease and tranquillity, God suddenly poured out his chastisements, and "brake Job asunder," i.e. destroyed his life, ruined it and broke it down. He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces ;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:12

Shattered when at ease. This was Job's awful fate. All was calm when the thunderbolt fell and dashed him to the ground. I. GOD GIVES TIMES OF EASE . This should be acknowledged even in the hours of suffering. Take life as a whole, and the intervals of ease are with most people much longer than the periods of trouble. Yet we are tempted to neglect them when giving the story of our life, and, like Jacob, to describe our days as "few and evil" ( Genesis 47:9 ). Quiet times come... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me - Changing the form from the singular to the plural, and including “all” his pretended friends. Such a change in the number is not uncommon. His mind seems to have passed from the particular instance which he was contemplating, to “all” his friends, and he suddenly felt that “all” had treated him alike. The meaning is, that, like wild beasts, they open their mouth to devour me.They have gathered themselves together - They have entered into a conspiracy, and have “agreed”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:11

God hath delivered me - Margin “shut me up.” The meaning is, that God had committed him to their hands as a prisoner or captive. They had power over him to do as they pleased.To the ungodly - Into the hands of wicked people - meaning undoubtedly his professed friends.And turned me over - The word used here (from ירט yârat) means to throw head long, to precipitate, to cast down. Here it means, “he has thrown me headlong into the hands of the wicked.” read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:12

I was at ease - I was in a state of happiness and security. The word used here (שׁלו shâlêv) means sometimes to be “at ease” in an improper sense; that is, to be in a state of “carnal security,” or living unconcerned in sin (Ezekiel 23:42; compare Proverbs 1:32); but here it is used in the sense of comfort. He had everything desirable around him.But he hath broken me asunder - He has crushed me.He hath also taken, me by my neck - Perhaps as an animal does his prey. We have all seen dogs seize... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:10

Job 16:10. They My friends, the instruments of God’s anger; have gaped upon me with their mouth Have opened their mouths wide against me; either, 1st, To devour and destroy me, as a lion which falls upon its pray with open mouth: see Psalms 22:13-14, where these very expressions are used in the prediction of Christ’s sufferings, of whom, in all this, Job was an eminent type. Or, 2d, To scoff and deride me, as it follows, and as this phrase is most commonly used: see Psalms 22:8; Psalms... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:11

Job 16:11. God hath delivered me to the ungodly Either, 1st, To my friends, who act the part of the wicked in censuring and condemning the righteous, whom God approveth, and in pleading for a false and wicked cause. Or, rather, to the Chaldeans and Sabeans, who were a most ungodly and wicked people, living in gross contempt of God, and injurious to all sorts of men. This seems best to suit both with the first clause of the next verse, which shows that Job speaks of his first afflictions... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:12

Job 16:12. I was at ease I lived in great peace and prosperity, and was contented and happy in the comfortable enjoyment of the gifts of God’s bounty, not fretful and uneasy, as some are, in the midst of the blessings of providence, who thereby provoke God to take these blessings from them; but he hath broken me asunder Hath broken my spirit with the sense of his anger, and my body with loathsome ulcers; and all my hopes and prospects, as to the present life, by the destruction of all my... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

Job’s reply to Eliphaz (16:1-17:16)Tired at this repetition of the friends’ unhelpful teaching, Job says he could give similar ‘comfort’ if he were in their position and they in his (16:1-5). His argument with God may not have brought relief from his pain, but neither has his silence. In fact, his physical condition only becomes worse (6-8). God opposes him and people insult him. Some deliberately try to do him harm (9-11). He feels like a helpless victim that wild animals attack, like a target... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 16:11

the ungodly = an evil one. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44 . the wicked = the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:12

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 16:11

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