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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:15

He shall lean upon his house - This is all allusion to the spider. When he suspects his web, here called his house, to be frail or unsure, he leans upon it in different parts, propping himself on his hinder legs, and pulling with his fore claws, to see if all be safe. If he find any part of it injured, he immediately adds new cordage to that part, and attaches it strongly to the wall. When he finds all safe and strong, he retires into his hole at one corner, supposing himself to be in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-22

Shall not the Judge of all … do right? The supposed attack of Job , by implication, upon the justice of God gives an opening for renewed admonitions and rebukes on the part of his friends. Bildad now comes forward and delivers a discourse full of noble faith, however its principles may be in this case misapplied. Rebuking the grievous complaints of Job as a wind, full of noise and emptiness (verse 2), he proceeds— I. TO INSIST ON THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD . This is an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:8-19

The hypocrite's hope. Back to the testimony of the ages ( Job 8:8-10 ) Bildad refers his suffering friend, to find there evidences of the security of the perfect man and the worthlessness of the expectation of the hypocrite. With beautiful figurativeness he illustrates these truths, and only errs in the covert implication that in hypocrisy is to be found the cause of Job's present sufferings. The hypocrite's hope vain and deceitful. I. IT IS TEMPORARY . Passing away as the "rush... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:8-22

Bildad to Job: 2. Wisdom from the ancients. I. THE TEACHERS . The world's gray fathers, not the immediate predecessors of Job, Bildad, and their contemporaries, but the progenitors of these—their remote ancestors, who are here described as: 1 . Early born. In contrast to the men of Job's time, who are characterized as being late born, literally, "yesterday;" i.e. of yesterday, as if ascending the stream of time meant the same thing as approaching the primal fountains of truth—a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:11

Can the rush grow up without mire? The word translated "rush" ( גמא ) is that which occurs also in Exodus if. 3: Isaiah 18:2 and Isaiah 35:7 , as designating a plant common in Egypt, and which is only found in these four places. It is generally admitted that the "papyrus" is meant "a plant of the Cyperaceae ' or sedge family, which was formerly common in Egypt". The chief peculiarity of the papyrus is its triangular stem, which rises to the height of six or seven, sometimes even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:11-12

The rush and the papryus. From history Bildad turns to nature, or rather to a traditional saying about nature—to an old proverb; possibly it has been suggested from Egyptian lore. I. THE PLANTS SPRING FROM WATER . Both of these plants grow in marshes or pools, and by the banks of rivers and canals. They both need an abundance of water. man can only live when nourished by the goodness of God. The Christian can only grow to maturity when planted by the unfailing streams of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not out down . It grows and flourishes in a rich greenness up to a certain point; no one touches it; but the water fails from the root, and it fades, collapses, and is gone. It withereth before any other herb. The ground may be all green around it with ordinary grass and other herbs, since they only need a little moisture—the water-plant will collapse unless it has its full supply. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:13

So are the paths of all that forget God . So, that is, do those proceed on their way by whom God has been forgotten, They spring up in apparent strength and lusty force; they flourish for a brief space; then, untouched by man's hand, they suddenly fade, fall, and disappear, before the mass of their contemporaries. Job is, of course, glanced at in the expression, "all that forget God," though it is the last thing that he had done. And the hypocrite's hope shall perish ; or, the hope of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:13

The hypocrite's hope. I. A STARTLING DEFINITION . The hypocrite is: 1 . An ungodly person. He has an outward pretence of piety, but in reality be is destitute of true religion. 2 . A forgetter of God. It is not necessary that his impiety should take the form of flagrant wickedness. That might be easily detected, and would be altogether inconsistent with an appearance of godliness. It is enough that he simply forgets God. II. AN AMAZING REVELATION . The hypocrite finds... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:14

Whose hope shall be cut off ; or, break in sunder (Revised Version). Here the second metaphor begins to come in. The ungodly, who has built up around him a house, and a body of dependants and friends, is like a spider which has spun itself a magnificent web, and thinks to find a defense in it. The moment it is put to the proof it breaks in sunder;" its delicate tracery is shattered; its fabric goes to nought. Job's house had gone to nought before his person was smitten, and, though it had... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 8:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:8-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:11-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 8:14

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