Job 13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:13-22

Job's appeal to God. I. DREAD OF THE RESULT OF THE APPEAL COMES UPON HIS MIND AT THE VERY MOMENT OF EXECUTING HIS RESOLVE . (Verses 13-15.) So with Moses ( Exodus 33:20 ), with Manoah and his wife ( 13:22 ); so with Abraham pleading for the cities of the plain ( Genesis 18:23 , et seq. ). It is the consciousness of weakness in the presence of omnipotence, of sinfulness in the presence of perfect holiness, which checks the spirit on the threshold... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth! An obscure phrase, to be explained by the parallel in the second member of the verse. The general meaning is, "Why do I jeopardize everything—my body, taking it as it were between my teeth; and my soul, taking it as it were in my hand?" Neither idea will bear minute analysis; but the latter, at any rate, was known to the Greeks, and is common in English. And put my life in my hand (comp. 12:3 ; 1 Samuel 19:5 ; 1 Samuel 28:21 ; Psalms 119:109... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:14-28

The appeal is now to God; but Job prefaces it by excusing his boldness (verses 14-19). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:15

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him ; rather, yet will I wait for him. The passage is one of the few in this book where there are two readings— לוֹ איחל and לאֹ איחל . Those who prefer the latter commonly render it, "I have no hope;" but it is pointed out by Canon Cook that there are reasons for regarding לֹא as an archaic form for לוֹ , which sometimes takes its place. If this be not allowed the reading לוֹ will have to be preferred, on the double authority... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:15

Faith in God bringing resignation. "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Thus doth Job declare his unshaken affiance in God. He lifts his thoughts from the reasonings of his friends; he rises superior, at least for the time, to the oppression of his sufferings, and with a boldness that does him honour, and a confidence warranted by his belief in the Divine Name, he gives utterance to an expression of faith which has passed from lip to lip all through the ages, and has been a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:15-16

Faith and assurance. I. JOB 'S FAITH . "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Mark: 1 . The Object of Job's faith. God, as the Justifier of the ungodly who believe, since Job did not claim to be sinless, and yet expected to be justified. 2 . The trial of Job's faith. The intense sufferings, both physical and mental, through which he passed. The faith of God's people is commonly subjected to trial. Yet it is doubtful if any have ever experienced greater difficulties in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:16

He also shall be my Salvation . Whatever God does to him ( Job 13:13 ), whatever burden he lays upon him, though he even "slay" him ( Job 13:15 ), yet Job is sure that ultimately, in one way or another, God will be his Salvation. It is this determined trustfulness which at once gives Job's character its strength, and atones in a certain sense for his over-boldness in challenging God to a controversy. His heart is right with God. Though the secrets of the unseen world have been hidden... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:17

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears . A last appeal to his opponents to give him their full attention (comp. Job 13:6 ), read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:17-28

Job to God: resumption of the third controversy: 1. The pleading of a saint with Heaven. I. PRELIMINARIES TO THE PLEADING . 1 . Public audience invited. Job requests his discomfited friends to be silent spectators of the ensuing trial, and to attentively consider the defence he was about to offer (verse 17). Intended chiefly for the ear of God, it should yet contain nothing unfit for publication in the hearing of men. Conscious of sincerity, Job had nothing to conceal.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 13:18

Behold now, I have ordered my cause ; i.e. I have prepared my pleadings, and arranged them; I know what I am about to say. Also I know that I shall be justified . I am confident, i.e. ' that tile cause, if it be fully heard, will be decided in my favour. It will appear that I have not brought my calamities upon myself by my own misdoings. Of justification, in the forensic sense, of imputed righteousness, with its concomitant ideas, Job, of course, knows nothing. read more

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