Job 13

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:15

(15) Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.—This rendering is almost proverbial; but, to say the least, its accuracy is very doubtful, for the better reading does not warrant it, but runs thus: Behold He will slay me. I have no hope; yet will I maintain my ways before Him. It is true we thus lose a very beautiful and familiar resolve; but the expression of living trust is not less vivid. For though there is, as there can be, no gleam of hope for victory in this conflict, yet,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:16

(16) He also shall be my salvation.—Comp. Psalms 27:1, &c. It is characteristic of Job that, living, as he probably did, outside the pale of Israel, he nevertheless shared the faith and knowledge of God’s chosen people; and this cannot be said of any other nation, nor docs any literature give evidence of it. Indeed, it is this which most markedly distinguishes Job from his friends, in that he can and does trust God unreservedly, in spite of all adverse circumstances, overwhelming as they... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:19

(19) If I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.—A marvellous confession, equivalent to, “If I give up my faith in Him who is my salvation, and my personal innocence, which goes hand-in-hand therewith, I shall perish. To give up my innocence is to give up Him in whom I hold my innocence, and in whom I live.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:20

(20) Will I not hide myself from thee—i.e., “I shall not be hidden”—quite a different word from that in Genesis 3:10, though the comparison of the two places is not without interest. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:21

(21) Withdraw thine hand far from me.—That is, “Cease to torture me bodily, and to terrify me mentally; let me at least have freedom from physical pain and the undue apprehension of Thy terrors.” read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:23

(23) How many are mine iniquities?—We must be careful to note that alongside with Job’s claim to be righteous there is ever as deep a confession of personal sin, thus showing that the only way in which we can understand his declarations is in the light of His teaching who convicts of sin before He convinces of righteousness. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:25

(25) Wilt thou break a leaf.—His confession of sin here approaches even to what the Psalmist describes as the condition of the ungodly (Psalms 1:4). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:26

(26) For thou writest bitter things against me.—Exquisitely plaintive and affecting is this confession. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:27

(27) Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks.—This is illustrated by the language of the Psalms (Psalms 88:8; Psalms 142:7, &c.). There is a difficulty in these two verses, arising from the pronouns. Some understand the subject to be the fetter: “Thou puttest my feet in the fetter that watcheth over all my paths, and imprinteth itself upon the roots of my feet, and it (the foot) consumeth like a rotten thing, and like a garment that is moth-eaten.” Others refer the “he” to Job himself; and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 13:1-28

Job 13:5 Great talkers do not at all speak from their having anything to say, as every sentence shows, but only from their inclination to be talking. Their conversation is merely an exercise of the tongue: no other human faculty has any share in it It is strange these persons can help reflecting, that unless they have in truth a superior capacity, and are in an extraordinary manner furnished for conversation; if they are entertaining it is at their own expense. Is it possible, that it should... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:26

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 13:27

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 13:1-28

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