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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:7

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow (comp. Psalms 6:7 ; Psalms 31:9 ). Excessive weeping, such as stains the cheeks ( Job 16:16 ), will also in most cases dim and dull the eyesight. And all my members are as a shadow . Weak, that is, worn out, unstable, fleeting, ready to pass away. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:7

The eye that is made dim by sorrow. Job has just been saying that God bad hidden the heart of his tormentors from understanding (verse 4). Now he sadly observes that sorrow has dimmed his own eye. It is not easy to see clearly through a veil of tears. Excessive weeping induces blindness. The sad soul sits in darkness. I. SORROW PREVENTS US FROM SEEING ALL THE TRUTH . It limits the range of vision even when it does not drive us down to the darkness of despair. 1 . It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:8

Upright men shall be astonied at this . When Job's case comes to beknown, "upright men" will be astonished at it. They will marvel how it came to pass that such a man—so true, so faithful, so "perfect" ( Job 1:1 )—could have been allowed by God to suffer so terribly. In a world where, up to Job's time, prosperity had been taken as the measure of goodness, the marvel was naturally great. Even now many a Christian is surprised and disturbed in mind if he gives the case prolonged and serious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

The righteous also ; rather, yet the righteous. A strong opposing clause. Notwithstanding all the afflictions that befall him, and all the further afflictions which he anticipates, yet the truly righteous man shall hold on his way; i.e. maintain his righteous course, neither deviating from it to the right hand nor to the left, but holding to the strict line of rectitude without. wavering. Job is not thinking particularly of himself, but bent on testifying that righteous men generally act... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

Progress in virtue. A later book declares "the path of the just is as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day." So here the stability and progressive character of the righteous is assured. I. PROGRESS IN VIRTUE IMPLIES A CAREFUL CHOOSING OF A GOOD WAY . It is characteristic of a righteous man that he has committed himself to a carefully chosen way. It is "his way." It describes a path and manner of life. It embraces his entire "conversation."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

Holding on and growing stronger. This is a cheering thought breaking out of Job's doleful despair Job is rising from pessimism to hope and confidence. He gives us a double picture—the righteous holding on his way, the man with clean hands growing stronger and stronger. I. HOLDING ON . We see the righteous man quietly going forward, not turned aside by any obstacle, not cast down by any opposition, nor rushing madly forward, but not hanging back in fear, weariness, or indolence—like... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:7

Mine eye is dim by reason of sorrow - Schultens supposes that this refers to his external appearance in general, as being worn down, exhausted, “defaced” by his many troubles; but it seems rather to mean that his eyes failed on account of weeping.And all my members are as a shadow - “I am a mere skeleton, I am exhausted and emaciated by my sufferings.” It is common to speak of persons who are emaciated by sickness or famine as mere shadows. Thus, Livy (L. 21:40) says, Effigies, imo, “umbrce... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:8

Upright men shall be astonished at this - At the course of events in regard to me. They will be amazed that God has suffered a holy man to be plunged into such calamities, and to be treated in this manner by his friends. The fact at which he supposes they would be so much astonished was, that the good were afflicted in this manner, and that no relief was furnished.And the innocent shall stir up himself - Shall rouse himself, or assume vigor to resist the wicked.The hypocrite - The wicked -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:9

The righteous also shall hold on his way - The meaning of this verse is plain; but the connection is not so apparent. It seems to me that it refers to “Job himself,” and is a declaration that “he,” a righteous man, who had been so grievously calumniated, would hold on his way, and become stronger and stronger, while “they” would sink in the public esteem, and be compelled to abandon their position. It is the expression of a confident assurance that “he” would be more and more confirmed in his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 17:7

Job 17:7. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow Through excessive weeping and decay of spirits, which cause a dimness of the sight. And all my members are as a shadow My body is so reduced, and I am grown so poor and thin, and my colour so wan and ghastly, that I look more like a ghost or a shadow than a man. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 17:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 17:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 17:7

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