E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 6:8
the thing that I long for = my expectation. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , put for the thing desired. read more
约伯记 6:8-10 Cunpss
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 6:10
I would harden, &c. Occurs only here. = Let me even exult in my anguish (should He not spare) that I have not concealed, &c. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 6:8
JOB REAFFIRMS HIS DESIRE TO DIE"Oh that I might have my request:And that God would grant me the thing thatI long for!Even that it would please God to crush me;That he would let loose his hand and cut me off!And be it still my consolation,Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not,That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.What is my strength, that I should wait?And what is mine end, that I should be patient?Is my strength the strength of stones?Or is my flesh of brass?Is it not that I... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 6:8-9
Job 6:8-9. Oh that I might have my request, &c.— These two verses, as well as the 11th, with many more that might be quoted to the same purpose, are, as Mr. Peters observes, utterly inconsistent with Job's believing that God would restore him to his former happy state. read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 6:10
Job 6:10. Then should I yet have comfort, &c.— So should my cry still be; nay, I would raise it louder in proportion to my sufferings: let him not spare, for I dispute not the will (or words) of the Holy One. See Heath. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 6:8
8. To desire death is no necessary proof of fitness for death. The ungodly sometimes desire it, so as to escape troubles, without thought of the hereafter. The godly desire it, in order to be with the Lord; but they patiently wait God's will. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 6:9
9. destroy—literally, "grind" or "crush" (Isaiah 3:15). let loose his hand—God had put forth His hand only so far as to wound the surface of Job's flesh (Job 1:12; Job 2:6); he wishes that hand to be let loose, so as to wound deeply and vitally. cut me off—metaphor from a weaver cutting off the web, when finished, from the thrum fastening it to the loom (Job 2:6- :). read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 6:10
10. I would harden myself in sorrow—rather, "I would exult in the pain," if I knew that that pain would hasten my death [GESENIUS]. UMBREIT translates the Hebrew of "Let Him not spare," as "unsparing"; and joins it with "pain." concealed—I have not disowned, in word or deed, the commands of the Holy One (Psalms 119:46; Acts 20:20). He says this in answer to Eliphaz' insinuation that he is a hypocrite. God is here called "the Holy One," to imply man's reciprocal obligation to be holy, as He is... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 6:1-30
Job’s reply to Eliphaz (6:1-7:21)Eliphaz had rebuked Job for his impatient outburst. In reply Job acknowledges that God is the one who has sent this affliction, but he points out that if Eliphaz knew how great this suffering was he would understand why Job spoke rashly (6:1-4). An animal cries out only with good reason (for example, if it is hungry for food). Job likewise cries out only with good reason. His tormenting thoughts and Eliphaz’s useless words are to him like food that makes him... read more