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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:14

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me (comp. Isaiah 61:10 ; Psalms 132:9 , etc.). Job "put on righteousness;" i.e. made it as the garment wherewith he clothed himself withal ( Psalms 109:18 , Psalms 109:19 ), covered up with it all his own natural imperfections, and made it part and parcel of his being. It was a beautiful covering, and, when once he had put it on, it clung to him, and could not be removed. It "clothed him," or rather, if we translate the Hebrew literally,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:14

Clothed with righteousness. I. RIGHTEOUSNESS CLOTHES A MAN AS WITH A GARMENT . 1 . It covers. If a man has but a good character, we can pardon much else in him. He may be weak, foolish, unfortunate. He may have failed in the world, and have come down to poverty. Yet he is not in rags. A royal robe covers him, and, in the eyes of those who can appreciate true worth, this is the one thing seen about him. 2 . It protects. The garment is to keep off the chill winds and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:15

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame . The Persian kings had officials, whom they called their "eyes" and their "ears"—observers who were to inform them of all that went on in the provinces. Job acted as "eyes" to the blind of his time, giving them the information which their infirmity hindered them from obtaining. He was also feet to the lame, taking messages for them, going on their errands, and the like. He was kind and helpful to his fellow-men, not only in great, but also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor (comp. Job 29:12 , and see below, Job 31:16-22 ): and the cause which I knew not I searched out ; rather, the cause of him that I knew not I searched out (see the Revised Version). When men were quite unknown to him, Job still gave to their causes the utmost possible attention, "searching them out," or investigating them, as diligently as if they had been the causes of his own friends. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:17

And I brake the jaws of the wicked (comp. Psalms 58:6 ). It is scarcely meant, as Canon Cook supposes, that Job was himself the executioner. " Quod facit per allure facit per so ." Job would regard as Age doing what he ordered to be done. And plucked the spoil out of his teeth . Either by disappointing him of a prey which he was on the verge of making ms own, or by compelling him to make restitution of a prey that he had actually laid hold of. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:5

When the Almighty was yet with me - Job regarded God as withdrawn from him. He now looked back with deep interest to the time when he dwelt with him. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:6

When I washed my steps with butter - On the word rendered “butter,” see the notes at Isaiah 7:15. It properly means curdled milk. Umbreit renders it, Sahne; cream. Noyes, milk, and so Wemyss. The Septuagint, “When my ways flowed with butter” - βουτύρῳ bouturō. So Coverdale, “When my ways ran over with butter.” Herder, “And where I went a stream of milk flowed on.” The sense may be, that cream or butter was so plenty that he was able to make use of it for the most common purposes - even for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:7

When I went out to the gate - The “gate” of a city was a place of public concourse, and where courts were usually held. Job speaks here as a magistrate, and of the time when he went forth to sit as a judge, to try causes.When I prepared my seat in the street - That is, to sit as a judge. The seat or tribunal was placed in the street, in the open air, before the gate of the city, where great numbers might be convened, and hear and see justice done. The Arabs, to this day, hold their courts of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:8

The young men saw me, and hid themselves - That is, they retired as if awed at my presence. They gave place to me, or reverently withdrew as I passed along.And the aged arose, and stood up - They not merely rose, but they continued to stand still until I had passed by. “This is a most elegant description, and exhibits most correctly the great reverence and respect which was paid, even by the old and the decrepit, to the holy man, in passing along the streets, or when he sat in public. They not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:9

The princes refrained talking - As a mark of respect, or in awe of his presence.And laid their hand on their mouth - To lay the finger or the hand on the mouth is every where an action expressive of silence or respect; Notes, Job 21:5. “In one of the subterranean vaults of Egypt, where the mummies lie buried, they found in the coffin an embalmed body of a woman, before which was placed a figure of wood, representing a youth on his knees, laying a finger on his mouth, and holding in his other... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 29:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 29:9

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