욥기 31:22-23 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me . I could not, i.e; have acted in the way charged against me by Eliphaz, since I was always God-fearing, and should have been deterred, if by nothing else, at any rate by dread of the Divine vengeance. And by reason of his highness I could not endure . God's majesty and excellency are such that I could not have had the face to resist them. If! had begun such a course of life as Eliphaz laid to my charge ( Job 22:5-9 ), I could not have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:22

Then let mine arm - The strong language which Job uses here, shows his consciousness of innocence, and his detestation of the offences to which he here refers, Job 31:16-22. The word rendered “arm” here (כתף kâthêph) means properly the shoulder. Isaiah 46:7; Isaiah 49:22; Numbers 7:9; compare the notes at Isaiah 11:14. There is no instance, it is believed, unless this is one, in which it means arm, and the meaning here is, that he wished, if he had been guilty, his shoulder might separate... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me - The destruction which God would bring upon one who was guilty of the crime here specified, awed and restrained me. He was deterred from this crime of oppressing the fatherless by the fear of God. He could have escaped the judgment of people. He had power and influence enough not to dread the penalty of human law. He could have done it in such a way as not to have been arraigned before any earthly tribunal, but he remembered that the eye of God was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 31:19-22

Job 31:19-22. If I have seen any perish When it was in my power to help them. If his loins have not blessed me That is, if my covering his loins hath not given him occasion to bless me, and to pray to God to bless me; the loins being put for the whole body. If he were not warmed, &c. With clothing made of my wool. If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless An expression signifying an act of power and hostility. If I have ever beaten or ill used him; if I have brought him... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 31:23

Job 31:23. For destruction, &c. I stood in awe of God, and his justice and wrath, and therefore made it my care and business to shun sin, and to please him. And by reason of his highness His excellence or majesty, which is most glorious and terrible; I could not endure I knew myself unable, either to oppose his power, or to bear his wrath, and therefore I did not dare to provoke him by any impiety or injustice. Even good men have need to restrain themselves from sin, with the fear... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Job reaffirms his innocence (31:1-40)Once again Job examines his past life to see if, in fact, he has committed some great sin for which God is now punishing him. He readily acknowledges that God sees everything and that his punishment of sin is just. God knows that he has not been guilty even of unlawful sexual lust (31:1-4). He has not cheated others to enrich himself. If someone can prove that he has, he will gladly surrender all the produce of his fields (5-8). If he has committed adultery,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 31:22

the bone. Authorized Version margin, "the chanel bone". Obsolete Eng. for channel = what is channelled or scooped out: i.e. the socket. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 31:23

highness = majesty. endure = escape. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 31:22

Job 31:22. Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder-blade— May my shoulder-blade fall from my shoulder, and my arm be broken from my elbow. Heath and Houbigant. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 31:22

22. Apodosis to Job 31:13; Job 31:16; Job 31:17; Job 31:19; Job 31:20; Job 31:21. If I had done those crimes, I should have made a bad use of my influence ("my arm," figuratively, Job 31:21): therefore, if I have done them let my arm (literally) suffer. Job alludes to Eliphaz' charge (Job 31:21- :). The first "arm" is rather the shoulder. The second "arm" is the forearm. from the bone—literally, "a reed"; hence the upper arm, above the elbow. read more