욥기 30:28-31 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The troubles of the present. In contrast to the happy past of honour and respect on which he has been so wistfully dwelling in the previous chapter, Job sees himself now exposed to the scorn and contempt of the meanest of mankind; while a flood of miseries from the hand of God passes over him. From this last chapter we have learned the honour and authority with which it sometimes pleases God to crown the pious and the faithful. From the present we see how at other times he crucifies and puts... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

A sorrowful contrast. Job's condition has become one of sorrowfulness, the humiliation of which stands in direct contrast to his former state. He graphically expresses it in a few words: "But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock." The picture of sorrowful humiliation, standing in contrast, to previous honour, wealth, and power, is very striking. It is a typical example, showing to what depths the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

Job's second parable: 3. A sorrowful survey of present misery. I. JOB 'S BODILY AFFLICTION . 1 . Overpowering. It was no trifling ailment that wrung from the heart of this fallen great man the exquisitely plaintive lament of the present section. The malady which had struck its fangs into his vitals was one that made his bowels boil, and rest not (verse 27); that caused his heart to melt like wax in the midst of his bowels ( Psalms 22:14 ); yea, that dissolved his soul in tears... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:28-29

I went mourning without the sun ; rather, I go about blackened , but not by the sun. Grief and suffering, according to Oriental notions, blackened the face (see Lamentations 4:8 ; Lamentations 5:10 ; Psalms 119:83 ; and below, Psalms 119:30 ). I stood up, and I cried in the congregation ; rather, I stand up in the assembly ' and cry for help ( see the Revised Version). Job feels this as the most pitiable feature in his ease. He is broken down; he can no longer endure. At... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me (see the comment on Job 30:28 , Job 30:29 , ad init. ), and my bones are burned with heat . The "burning pains" in the bones, which characterize at least one form of elephantiasis, have been already mentioned (see the comment on Job 30:17 ). In ordinary elephantiasis there is often "intense pain in the lumbar region and groin," which the patient might think to be in his bones. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning . The result of all is that Job's harp is laid aside, either literally or figuratively. Its music is replaced by the sound of mourning (see verses 28, 29). And my organ (or rather, my pipe ) into the voice of them that weep . The pipe also is no longer sounded in his presence; he hears only the voice of weeping and lamentation. Thus appropriately ends the long dirge in which he has bewailed his miserable fare. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The harp turned to mourning. This is disappointing and incongruous. The harp is not like the pipes used at Oriental funerals for lamentation. It is an instrument for joyous music. Yet Job's harp is turned to mourning. I. MAN HAS A NATURAL FACULTY OF JOY . Job had his harp, or that in him of which the harp was symbolical. Some people are of a more melancholy disposition than others, but nobody is so constituted as to be incapable of experiencing gladness. We rightly regard... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:28

I went mourning - Or rather, “I go,” in the present tense, for he is now referring to his present calamities, and not to what was past. The word rendered “mourning,” however (קדר qâdar), means here rather to be dark, dingy, tanned. It literally means to be foul or turbid, like a torrent, Job 6:16; then to go about in filthy garments, as they do who mourn, Job 5:11; Jeremiah 14:2; then to be dusky, or of a dark color, or to become dark. Thus, it is applied to the sun and moon becoming dark in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:29

I am a brother to dragons - That is, my loud complaints and cries resemble the doleful screams of wild animals, or of the most frightful monsters. The word “brother” is often used in this sense, to denote similarity in any respect. The word “dragons” here (תנין tannı̂yn), denotes properly a sea-monster, a great fish, a crocodile; or the fancied animal with wings called a dragon; see the notes at Isaiah 13:22. Gesenius, Umbreit, and Noyes, render this word here jackals - an animal between a dog... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:30

My skin is black upon me; - see Job 30:28. It had become black by the force of the disease.My bones are burnt with heat - The bones, in the Scriptures, are often represented as the seat of pain. The disease of Job seems to have pervaded the whole body. If it was the elephantiasis (see the notes at Job 2:7-8), these effects would be naturally produced. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:1-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:16-31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:28-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 30:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 30:30

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