To corruption, Heb. to the pit of corruption, the grave. Thou art my father; I am near akin to time, as being taken out of thee; and thou wilt receive and embrace me, and keep me in thy house, as parents do their children. Thou art my mother, and my sister; because of the same original, and the most strict and intimate union and conjunction between me and the worms. read more
CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZI. Bemoans his dying condition (Job 17:1).“My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is destroyed’), my days are extinct (or, extinguished, as a lamp or taper whose flame is expiring), the graves are ready for me” (or, the place of graves, or chambers of the tomb, are destined for me,—Heb., ‘are for me,’ or, ‘are mine’). Job takes a calm but gloomy view of his condition. Now views himself always as a dying man. Speaks the language of deep... read more
Chapter 17My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation? Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? ( Job 17:1-3 )Who will be my friend?For you have hid your heart from understanding: therefore thou shalt not exalt them. He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. He hath made me also a byword of the people;... read more
Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my repose. Why then make a jest of me, while my eye weeps all night at the severity of their reproaches?” The French versions nearly coincide with these readings. Mercer, a celebrated German critic, has this gloss on Job 17:1. “The vital power is exhausted and consumed.” Job 17:7 . All my members are as a shadow. Job here, from the emaciated state... read more
Job 17:13If I wait, the grave is mine house.The house of the graveI. Describe the house.1. The grave is a very spacious house.2. It is very dark and dreary.3. It is a house of silence. It is empty.4. It is the house of corruption.5. It is the house of oblivion.II. All men are going to this house.1. This lot is ours by the appointment of God.2. Ever since God appointed death, He has been carrying mankind to the grave in a constant and uninterrupted succession.3. We not only see the mortality in... read more
Job 17:13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. Ver. 13. If I wait, the grave is mine house ] In that congregation house of all living (as it is called, Job 30:23 ) both I and my hopes must be suddenly lodged. Some render it thus, If I build, the grave is my house. Solomon calleth it, The house of eternity, Ecclesiastes 12:5 . And the Egyptians accordingly call graves everlasting houses, as Siculus saith, lib. i. I have made my bed in darkness ] The grave... read more
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou [art] my father: to the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister. Ver. 14. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ] See how he speaks of corruption and the worms, Ac si iam iuris illorum, et domesticus esset, as if he were of family with them, and nearest of kin to them; so doth he court them, as it were, that they might be willing to receive him; showing by it how willing he was to die; for whither do men in a strange country, and in misery,... read more
If I wait: Job 14:14, Psalms 27:14, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26 the grave: Job 17:1, Job 10:21, Job 10:22, Job 30:23 I have made: Psalms 139:8, Isaiah 57:2 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:19 - and Job 14:10 - man Job 33:22 - his soul Job 36:20 - Desire Psalms 49:14 - they Ecclesiastes 3:20 - go Ecclesiastes 12:5 - because Isaiah 14:11 - the worm read more
said: Heb. cried, or, called corruption: Job 21:32, Job 21:33, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 49:9, Acts 2:27-Obadiah :, Acts 13:34-Haggai :, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:53, 1 Corinthians 15:54 to the worm: Job 19:26, Job 24:20, Isaiah 14:11 Reciprocal: Job 6:8 - the thing that I long for Job 6:11 - What Job 7:5 - flesh Job 7:21 - sleep Job 10:9 - into dust again Job 17:1 - the graves Job 21:26 - the worms Job 30:29 - a brother Job 36:20 - Desire Psalms 49:14 - they Proverbs 7:4 - Thou Acts... read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 17:13
If I wait; if I should give way to those hopes of my deliverance and restoration which you suggest to me. The grave is mine house: I should be sadly disappointed; for I am upon the borders of the grave, which is the only house appointed for me, instead of that goodly house which you promise to me here upon condition of my repentance. I have made my bed in darkness; I expect no other rest but in the dark grave, for which therefore I prepare myself. read more