Job 13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:26

For thou writest bitter things against me ,.... Meaning not sins and rebellions, taken notice of by him, when his good deeds were omitted, as Jarchi; sin is indeed an evil and a bitter thing in its own nature, being exceeding sinful and abominable, and its effects and consequences; being what provokes God to anger most bitterly, and makes bitter work for repentance; as it did in Peter, who, when made sensible of it, wept bitterly, Matthew 26:75 ; sooner or later, sin, though it is a sweet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:27

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks ,.... Which is one kind of punishment of offenders, and a preservation of them from making their escape; and is a security and reservation of them for further punishment sometimes; and so Job looked upon his afflictions as a punishment for he knew not what, and with which he was so surrounded and enclosed, that there was no getting out of them any more than a man can whose feet are set fast in the stocks; and that he was here kept for greater... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 13:28

And he as a rotten thing consumeth ,.... This by some Jewish writers F26 R. Levi, Ben Gersom, & Bar Tzemach. is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to, Job 13:25 ; and so the sense is, that his body, which, for its frailty and weakness, is compared to such things, is like any rotten thing, a rotten tree, as Ben Melech; or any thing else that is rotten, that is consuming and wasting away, as Job's body was, being clothed with worms... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13

Job defends himself against the accusations of his friends, and accuses them of endeavoring to pervert truth, Job 13:1-8 . Threatens them with God's judgments, Job 13:9-12 . Begs some respite, and expresses strong confidence in God, Job 13:13-19 . He pleads with God, and deplores his severe trials and sufferings, Job 13:20-28 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:1

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this - Ye have brought nothing new to me; I know those maxims as well as you: nor have you any knowledge of which I am not possessed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:3

Surely I would speak to the Almighty - אולם ulam , O that: - I wish I could speak to the Almighty! I desire to reason with God - He speaks here to reference to the proceedings in a court of justice. Ye pretend to be advocates for God, but ye are forgers of lies: O that God himself would appear! Before him I could soon prove my innocence of the evils with which ye charge me. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:4

Ye are forgers of lies - Ye frame deceitful arguments: ye reason sophistically, and pervert truth and justice, in order to support your cause. Physicians of no value - Ye are as feeble in your reasonings as ye are inefficient in your skill. Ye can neither heal the wound of my mind, nor the disease of my body. In ancient times every wise man professed skill in the healing art, and probably Job's friends had tried their skill on his body as well as on his mind. He therefore had, in his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:5

Hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom - In Proverbs 17:28 ; we have the following apophtheym: "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips, a man of understanding." There is no reason to say that Solomon quotes from Job: I have already expressed my opinion that the high antiquity attributed to this book is perfectly unfounded, and that there is much more evidence that Solomon was its author, than there is that it was the composition of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:6

Hear now my reasoning - The speeches in this book are conceived as it delivered in a court of justice, different counselors pleading against each other. Hence most of the terms are forensic. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 13:7

Will ye speak wickedly for God? - In order to support your own cause, in contradiction to the evidence which the whole of my life bears to the uprightness of my heart, will ye continue to assert that God could not thus afflict me, unless flagrant iniquity were found in my ways; for it is on this ground alone that ye pretend to vindicate the providence of God. Thus ye tell lies for God's sake, and thus ye wickedly contend for your Maker. read more

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