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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:13

His archers compass me round about . God is represented, not as himself the shooter of the arrows, but as surrounding Job with a body of archers, who are under his command and carry out his will. So, generally, Scripture represents the judgments of God as carried out by interior agents (see 2 Samuel 24:16 ; 1 Chronicles 21:15 ; 2 Kings 19:35 , etc.). He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare . The allusion is probably to Job's physical sufferings, which included severe pains... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:14

He breaketh me with breach upon breach . As an enemy, when he besieges a town, crushes its resistance by means of "breach upon breach." so is Job crushed by one attack after another. He runneth upon me like a giant; i.e. with overwhelming force—a force that is quite irresistible. 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:13

His archers - He does not come alone to shoot at me; he has employed a company of bowmen, who also direct “their” arrows against me. The word used here רב rab means properly “much, large,” great; and is applied to that which is powerful or mighty. It is nowhere else used in the sense of “archers,” and might be rendered “his many;” that is, his bands, hosts, or armies. But as all the ancient versions render it “arrows,” or “archers,” probably that sense is to be retained. Allusion is here made... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:14

He breaketh me - He crushes me.With breach upon breach - He renews and repeats the attack, and thus completely overwhelms me. One blow follows another in such quick succession, that he does not give me time to recover.He runneth upon me like a giant - With great and irresistible force - as some strong and mighty warrior whom his adversary cannot resist. The Hebrew is גבור gı̂bbôr - “a mighty one.” Septuagint, “The mighty - δυνάμενοι dunamenoi - run upon me.” Vulgate, “gigas” - a giant. 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:13-14

Job 16:13-14. His archers compass me round about His plagues or judgments, elsewhere compared to arrows, and here to archers, surround me on all sides, and assault me from every quarter. Whoever are our enemies, we must look on them as God’s archers, and see him directing the arrow. He cleaveth my reins asunder He wounds me inwardly, mortally, and incurably; which is also signified by pouring out the gall; such wounds being deadly. “The metaphor,” says Heath, “is here taken from... 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 16:14

giant = mighty man. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:14

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:14

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:13-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 16:14

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