I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.Corruption — Heb. to the pit of corruption, the grave.Father — I am near a-kin to thee, and thou wilt receive and keep me in thy house, as parents do their children. read more
Third division JOB RESUMES THE REQUIEM (Job 17:11) WHICH AT Job 17:2 WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE SUPPLICATION THAT GOD SHOULD MEDIATE WITH GOD, Job 17:10-16. The main thought of the elegy is the destruction of all hope for this life. This, as Ewald intimates, leads Job to look for justice beyond death; to seek in another life the fruitage of faith, hope, and charity. Job evidently reasons up to an eternal and immutable justice, from the framework of his moral being, which now resounds with... read more
13. If I wait Lo, I wait my abode, ( sheol.) House The ancient Egyptians designated the tomb as their house. (See note Job 3:15.) Made my bed Spread my couch. Aristobulus saw in the tomb of Cyrus a golden couch, a table with cups, a golden coffin, and a large quantity of garments ornamented with precious stones. ( Strabo, xv, chap. Job 3:7.) read more
14. Said Called. The thought of his mouldering body suggested a family likeness to the corruption of the grave. My father The Oriental languages abound in like comparisons. The Arabians call Satan the father of bitterness; a husband, the father of a woman; rain, the father of life; the stomach, mother of food; the via lactea, mother of heaven; wine, mother of evils; and death, the mother of vultures. ( Golius’ Lex.) Among the touching incidents connected with the burial of a Bedawi... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.Wait — For deliverance, I should be disappointed; for I am upon the borders of the grave, I expect no rest but in the dark grave, for which therefore I prepare myself. I endeavour to make it easy, by keeping my conscience pure, by seeing Christ lying in this bed, (so turning it into a bed of spices) and by looking beyond it to the resurrection. read more