约伯记 16:18-19 CUVS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The appeal of innocence to the highest tribunal. Job now turns from man to God. He has the assurance of faith—the full assurance which faith gives- that God will requite the injured and justify the pure. Man's judgment is imperfect. He sees only the outboard circumstance; God looketh upon the heart. To him who knoweth all things Job turns; and to God his "eye poureth out tears." Before man can commit his cause to God with confidence the following is needful— I. A THOROUGH CONVICTION ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The Witness in heaven. Job turns from man to God. On earth he is misjudged, but in heaven there is One who sees all, and can witness both his woe and his integrity. More than this; he turns from God as the source of his calamity to God as his Saviour. Dr. S. Cox has pointed out that Job has here made a great discovery. He has found a higher God, a God of love, above the God who torments. Or rather, he has seen the true God above the false, conventional idea of God. To this God he appeals as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:18

O earth - Passionate appeals to the earth are not uncommon in the Scriptures; see the notes at Isaiah 1:2. Such appeals indicate deep emotion, and are among the most animated forms of personification.Cover not thou my blood - Blood here seems to denote the wrong done to him. He compares his situation with that of one who had been murdered, and calls on the earth not to conceal the crime, and prays that his injuries may not be hidden, or pass unavenged. Aben Ezra, Dr. Good, and some others,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:19

My witness is in heaven - That is, I can appeal to God for my sincerity. He is my witness; and he will bear record for me. This is an evidence of returning confidence in God - to which Job always returns even after the most passionate and irreverent expressions. Such is his real trust in God, that though he is betrayed at times into expressions of impatience and irreverence, yet he is sure to return to calmer views, and to show that he has true confidence in the Most High. The strength, the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:17-18

Job 16:17-18 . Not for any justice in my hands And all this is not come upon me for any injurious dealing, but for other reasons, known to God only; also my prayer is pure I do not cast off God’s fear and service, Job 15:4. I do still pray and worship God, and my prayer is accompanied with a sincere heart. O earth, cover not thou my blood The earth is said to cover that blood which lies undiscovered and unrevenged: of which see on Genesis 4:10-11; and Isaiah 26:21. But, says Job, if I... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:19-20

Job 16:19-20. Behold, my witness is in heaven Besides the witness of men, and of my own conscience, God is witness of my integrity. The witness of men, and even that in our own bosoms for us, will stand us in little stead if we have not a witness in heaven for us also: for God is greater than our own hearts, and than the hearts of all men: neither are we to judge ourselves, nor are men to be our judges. This therefore was Job’s triumph, that he had a witness in heaven, and could appeal to... 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 16:18

O. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6 . cover not. my blood. The reference is to the practice which remains to this day, based on Numbers 35:33 .Leviticus 17:13 . Job's desire is that the evidence of his sufferings may not be hidden. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 16:18

JOB TRUSTS THAT HE HAS AN ADVOCATE IN HEAVEN"O earth, cover not thou my blood,And let my cry have no resting place.Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,And he that voucheth for me is on high.My friends scoff at me;But mine eye poureth out tears unto God.That he would maintain the right of a man with God,And of a son of man with his neighbor!For when a few years are come,I shall go the way whence I shall not return."Here we have a sudden burst of inspiration. Yes, indeed, "We have an... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 16:18

Job 16:18. O earth, cover not thou my blood, &c.— O earth! cover not thou my blood, lest there be no place for my cry! Job 16:19. Yea, even now my witness is in heaven; and He who is conscious of my actions is on high: Job 16:20. My thought is my interpreter with God; mine eye is dropping before him: Job 16:21. Is it for man to dispute with God, as a man disputeth with his neighbour? Houbigant. Heath renders the 21st verse, Oh that it might plead, &c.! meaning the dropping eye, the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:17-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 16:19-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 16:1-22

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 16:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 16:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 16:18

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