George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:13
Whatsoever. Hebrew, "come what will. " Septuagint, "that my anger may cease." (Haydock) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:14
Why you seem to ask do I thus eagerly desire to die, (Haydock) as if I wear tearing my own flesh, and exposing my soul to danger, (Worthington) like a madman? (Tirinus) --- Is it not better for me to address myself to God, that he would hasten my departure, than thus to tear my flesh with my teeth? (Calmet) --- Some have supposed that Job really did so in extreme anguish, (Ven. Bede) the leprosy occasioning such an insupportable irritation. (Haydock) --- But the expression insinuates an... read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:15
In him. Hebrew lu is read, though lo, "not," is written in the Hebrew text. (Haydock) --- Protestants, &c., follow the sense of the Vulgate, and Junius comes to the same, as he reads lo with an interrogation: "Should I not hope in him?" Luther and the Belgic version go astray: "Behold he shall kill me, and I cannot expect," or hope; I am resolved to die: which words indicate "extreme impatience." (Amama) --- Septuagint, "If the powerful (or Lord) lay [ not ] hands on me, since it is... read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:16
Hypocrite. If I were such, I should not dare to appeal so boldly to his tribunal. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:17
Truths. Literally, "riddles" to you. Hebrew achavathi, (Haydock) means "instructions," &c. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:18
Just. He was in extreme anguish, yet still trusted in God. (Worthington) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:19
Peace. It will be some consolation to explain my reasons. If I am fairly overcome, I shall die with more content. (Calmet) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:20
Only. He makes the same petition to God as [in] chap. ix. 34., and xxxiii. 7. (Haydock) read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:23
Offences, which might be hidden to Job himself. (Worthington) --- He speaks to God with the freedom which he had requested, desiring to know if he were really guilty, (Calmet) that he might give glory to him, (Haydock) by an humble confession. read more
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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 13:12
Necks. Septuagint, "body." Hebrew also, (Haydock) "heights," (Calmet) or "fortifications." (Grotius) read more