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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:21

Withdraw thine hand far from me ,.... His afflicting hand, which pressed him; this he desires might be removed, or otherwise he could not have the command of himself, make use of his reasoning faculties, recollect his arguments, and give them in their due force and strength; for afflictions of body affect the soul and memory, understanding and judgment; this is one of the things he would have agreed unto before the dispute was entered on; the other follows: and let not thy dread make me... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer ,.... Either call him by name in open court, and he would answer to it; or arraign him at the bar, and exhibit charges against him, and he would make answer to them and clear himself; his sense is, that if God would take upon him to be plaintiff, and accuse and charge him with what he had to object to him, then he would be defendant, and plead his own cause, and show that they did not of right belong unto him: or let me speak, and answer thou me : or he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:23

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Whether of ignorance or presumption, through mistake or wilfulness, voluntary or involuntary, sins of omission or commission, secret or open, or of heart, lip, or life; for by this heap of words he uses in this and the next clause he means all sorts of sins, be they what they would; he desires to know what they were, both with respect to quality and quantity, how great F9 כמה "vox pertinet ad mulitudinem et magnitudinem", Pineda. they were,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face ,.... Not from his cry, because of his sore and grievous afflictions, as Bar Tzemach; nor from helping and saving him from his troubles, as Sephorno; nor from looking on his right ways, as Jarchi; but from his person, withdrawing the manifestation of his face and favour; withholding the discoveries of his love; and denying him the light of his countenance, and sensible communion with him, and enjoyment of him, he had been indulged with; Job formerly had seen... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:25

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ?.... A leaf that falls from a tree in autumn, and withers and is rolled up, and driven about by the wind, which it cannot resist, to which Job here compares himself; but it is not to be understood of him with respect to his spiritual estate; for being a good man, and one that trusted in the Lord, and made him his hope, he was, as every good man is, like to a tree planted by rivers of water, whose leaf withers not, but is always green, and does not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me ,.... Meaning not sins and rebellions, taken notice of by him, when his good deeds were omitted, as Jarchi; sin is indeed an evil and a bitter thing in its own nature, being exceeding sinful and abominable, and its effects and consequences; being what provokes God to anger most bitterly, and makes bitter work for repentance; as it did in Peter, who, when made sensible of it, wept bitterly, Matthew 26:75 ; sooner or later, sin, though it is a sweet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks ,.... Which is one kind of punishment of offenders, and a preservation of them from making their escape; and is a security and reservation of them for further punishment sometimes; and so Job looked upon his afflictions as a punishment for he knew not what, and with which he was so surrounded and enclosed, that there was no getting out of them any more than a man can whose feet are set fast in the stocks; and that he was here kept for greater... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:28

And he as a rotten thing consumeth ,.... This by some Jewish writers F26 R. Levi, Ben Gersom, & Bar Tzemach. is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, Job 13:25 ; and so the sense is, that his body, which, for its frailty and weakness, is compared to such things, is like any rotten thing, a rotten tree, as Ben Melech; or any thing else that is rotten, that is consuming and wasting away, as Job's body was, being clothed with worms... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:13

Hold your peace - You have perverted righteousness and truth, and your pleadings are totally irrelevant to the case; you have traveled out of the road; you have left law and justice behind you; it is high time that you should have done. Let come on me what will - I will now defend myself against you, and leave the cause to its issue. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth - A proverbial expression. I risk every thing on the justice of my cause. I put my life in my hand, 1 Samuel 28:21 . I run all hazards; I am fearless of the consequences. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:14

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