욥기 3:23-26 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The eloquence of grief. This book, so entirely true to nature, presents here one of the darkest moods of the grief-stricken heart. The first state is that of paralyzed silence, dumbness, inertia. Were this to continue, death must ensue. Stagnation will be fatal. The currents of thought and feeling must in some way be set flowing in their accustomed channels, as in the beautiful little poem of Tennyson on the mother suddenly bereaved of her warrior-lord- "All her maidens, wondering, said, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The stricken patriarch's lament: 3. Desiring his death. I. DOLEFUL LAMENTATION . Job pitifully wails forth that his soul was in bitterness because of: 1 . The miseries of life. Which he depicts as: 2 . The perplexities of providence. To these he alludes when he describes himself as a man "whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in" (verse 23). The term "way" is often put for course of life ( Psalms 1:6 ; Proverbs 4:19 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Jeremiah 10:23 ); and a man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The unanswered question. From the lips of Job words escape which prove how deeply he suffered. "Why?" is ever on the lips of men when they consider God's hidden work. But he giveth none account of his ways. Clouds and darkness are round about him. Happy the man who at all times is persuaded that justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne. The question here proposed by Job is the unanswered question running through the whole book. Until all is accomplished, the design of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid? "Obscured," that is, "darkened," "placed under a cloud" (comp. Job 3:20 , where the sentiment is nearly the same). And whom God hath hedged in . Not in the way of protection, as in Job 1:10 , but of obstruction and confinement: (comp. Job 19:8 and Hosea 2:6 ). Job feels himself confined, imprisoned, blocked in. He can neither see the path which he ought to pursue nor take steps in any direction. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

(along with Job 1:10 ). The two hedges; of the hedge of prosperity and the hedge of adversity. I. IN WHAT THEY COMPARE . 1 . In being planted by God. Job's prosperity was from God; his adversity was not without God. 2 . In encircling the saint. Job was equally a pious man in both positions. 3 . In being both removable. If Job's prosperity was exchanged for adversity, his adversity was afterwards succeeded by prosperity, II. IN WHAT THEY CONTRAST . 1 . In... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

The mystery of limitations. Job here refers to two kinds of limitations—limits to knowledge and limits to power. Each is mysterious and perplexing. I. THE MYSTERY OF LIMITED KNOWLEDGE . There are many kinds of knowledge that are of no immediate and practical importance to us. It would satisfy our curiosity if an answer could be found for our inquiries about such subjects; but it is by no means necessary that an answer should be forthcoming, and we can very well be content to go... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat literally, before my meat ; i.e. "more early and more constantly than my food" (Professor Lee). And my roarings are poured out . The word translated "roaring" is used primarily of the roar of a lion ( Zechariah 11:3 ; comp. Amos 3:8 ); secondarily, of the loud cries uttered by men who suffer pain (see Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 32:4 ). (On the loud cries of Orientals when suffering from grief or pain, see the comment on Job 2:12 .) Like the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:25

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me ; literally, for I fear a fear , and it comes upon me. The meaning is not that the affliction which has come upon him is a thing which Job had feared when he was prosperous; but that now that he is in adversity, he is beset with fears, and that all his presentiments of evil are almost immediately accomplished. The second clause, And that which I was (rather, am) afraid of is come unto me, merely repeats and emphasizes the first (see... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:25-26

Fears confirmed by facts. Job complained that he was not foolishly confident in his prosperity, and so courting a reverse of fortune by pride and presumption. On the contrary, he was anticipating the possibility of evil and walking in fear. His action, as it appears in the opening verses of the book, shows us a man of an anxious temperament ( Job 1:5 ). He thinks it hard that trouble should come to him who had feared it. This may be unreasonable in Job; but it is quite natural, and not at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:26

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came . Some Hebraists give quite a different turn to this passage, rendering it as follows: "I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble cometh". Professor Lee, however, certainly one of the most eminent of modern Hebraists, maintains that the far more pregnant meaning of the Authorized Version gives the true sense. "If I rightly apprehend," he says, "the drift of the context here, Job means... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:25-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:26

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