约伯记 16:17-21 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19

Also now, behold, my Witness is in heaven ; rather, even now (see the Revised Version). Job claims God for his Witness, looks to him for an ultimate vindication of his character, is sure that in one way or another he will make his righteousness clear as the noonday in the sight of men and angels (see Job 19:25-27 , of which this is in some sort an anticipation). My record —or, he that vouches for me (Revised Version)— is on high —one of the so frequent pleonastic repetitions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The appeal of innocence to the highest tribunal. Job now turns from man to God. He has the assurance of faith—the full assurance which faith gives- that God will requite the injured and justify the pure. Man's judgment is imperfect. He sees only the outboard circumstance; God looketh upon the heart. To him who knoweth all things Job turns; and to God his "eye poureth out tears." Before man can commit his cause to God with confidence the following is needful— I. A THOROUGH CONVICTION ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The Witness in heaven. Job turns from man to God. On earth he is misjudged, but in heaven there is One who sees all, and can witness both his woe and his integrity. More than this; he turns from God as the source of his calamity to God as his Saviour. Dr. S. Cox has pointed out that Job has here made a great discovery. He has found a higher God, a God of love, above the God who torments. Or rather, he has seen the true God above the false, conventional idea of God. To this God he appeals as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:20

My friends scorn me ; literally, my scorners are my companions ; i.e. I have to live with those who scorn me (comp. Job 30:1-13 ). But mine eye poureth out tears unto God . It is not to his "friends" or "companions," or "comforters," or any human aid, that Job turns in his distress. God alone is his Refuge. Forced by his woes to pass his time in weeping and mourning (see verse 16), it is to God that his heart turns, to God that he "pours out his tears." Hardly as he thinks God to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:21

Oh that one might plead for a man with God! The original here is obscure. It may mean, Oh that he ( i.e. God himself) would plead for a man with God! i.e. would become a Mediator between himself and man, plead for him, undertake his defence, and obtain for him merciful consideration. Or, nearly as in the Authorized Version, Oh that one might plead for man ( i.e. mankind at large) with God! interest him on their behalf, and obtain a merciful judgment for them. The former rendering... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:21

Pleading with God. Job still maintains the higher strain of thought which he took up when he appealed to his Witness in heaven. The one desire of his heart is to be right with God, and he is persuaded that only God himself can make him so. I. OUR GREATEST NEED IS TO BE RIGHT WITH GOD . What is the use of the flattery of man if God, the one supreme Judge with whom we have to do, condemns us? But, then, where is the mischief of man's censure when our Judge acquits us? Far... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:17

Not for any injustice ... - Still claiming that he does not deserve his sorrows, and that these calamities had not come upon him on account of any enormous sins, as his friends believed.My prayer is pure - My devotion; my worship of God is not hypocritical - as my friends maintain. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:18

O earth - Passionate appeals to the earth are not uncommon in the Scriptures; see the notes at Isaiah 1:2. Such appeals indicate deep emotion, and are among the most animated forms of personification.Cover not thou my blood - Blood here seems to denote the wrong done to him. He compares his situation with that of one who had been murdered, and calls on the earth not to conceal the crime, and prays that his injuries may not be hidden, or pass unavenged. Aben Ezra, Dr. Good, and some others,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:19

My witness is in heaven - That is, I can appeal to God for my sincerity. He is my witness; and he will bear record for me. This is an evidence of returning confidence in God - to which Job always returns even after the most passionate and irreverent expressions. Such is his real trust in God, that though he is betrayed at times into expressions of impatience and irreverence, yet he is sure to return to calmer views, and to show that he has true confidence in the Most High. The strength, the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:20

My friends scorn me - Margin “are my scorners.” That is, his friends had him in derision and mocked him, and he could only appeal with tears to God.Mine eye poureth out tears unto God - Despised and mocked by his friends, he made his appeal to one who he knew would regard him with compassion. This shows that the heart of Job was substantially right. Notwithstanding, all his passionate exclamations; and notwithstanding, his expressions, when he was urged on by his sorrows to give vent to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 16:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 16:20

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