ヨブ記 3:23-26 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here complains that his life was now continued and not cut off. When men are set on quarrelling there is no end of it; the corrupt heart will carry on the humour. Having cursed the day of his birth, here he courts the day of his death. The beginning of this strife and impatience is as the letting forth of water. I. He thinks it hard, in general, that miserable lives should be prolonged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:23

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid ,.... Some of the Jewish writers connect this with Job 3:22 , thus; "who rejoice and are glad when they find a grave for a man", &c.; but it should be observed that such are said to rejoice at finding a grave, not for others, but for themselves; the words stand in better connection with Job 3:20 , from whence the supplement is taken in our version and others; and so it is a continuation or repetition of the expostulation why light and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat ,.... Or, "before my bread", or "food" F7 לפני לחמי "ante cibum meum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ante panem meum", Cocceius, Schmidt, Michaelis. ; before he sat down to eat, or had tasted of his food, there were nothing but sighing and sobbing, so that he had no appetite for his food, and could take no delight in it; and, while he was eating, his tears mingled with it, so that these were his meat and his drink continually, and he was fed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:25

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me ,.... Some refer this to his fears about his children, lest they should sin and offend God, and bring down his judgments on them, and now what he feared was come to pass, Job 1:5 ; others take in all his sorrows and troubles; which, through the changeableness of the world, and the uncertainty of all things in it, and the various providences of God, he feared would come upon him at one time or another; and this he mentions to justify his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:26

I was not in safety ,.... This cannot refer to the time of his prosperity; for he certainly then was in safety, God having set an hedge about him, so that none of his enemies, nor even Satan himself, could come at him to hurt him: neither had I rest, neither was I quiet ; which also was not true of him before his afflictions, for he did then enjoy great peace, rest, and quietness; he lay in his nest at ease, and in great tranquillity; and thought and said he should die in such a state,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:23

To a man whose way is hid - Who knows not what is before him in either world, but is full of fears and trembling concerning both. God hath hedged in? - Leaving him no way to escape; and not permitting him to see one step before him. There is an exact parallel to this passage in Lamentations 3:7 , Lamentations 3:9 ; : He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out. He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone. Mr. Good translates the verse thus: To the man whose path is broken up, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh - Some think that this refers to the ulcerated state of Job's body, mouth, hands, etc. He longed for food, but was not able to lift it to his mouth with his hands, nor masticate it when brought thither. This is the sense in which Origen has taken the words. But perhaps it is most natural to suppose that he means his sighing took away all appetite, and served him in place of meat. There is the same thought in Psalm 42:3 ; : My tears have been my meat day and night;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:25

For the thing which I greatly reared - Literally, the fear that I feared; or, I feared a fear, as in the margin. While I was in prosperity I thought adversity might come, and I had a dread of it. I feared the loss of my family and my property; and both have occurred. I was not lifted up: I knew that what I possessed I had from Divine Providence, and that he who gave might take away. I am not stripped of my all as a punishment for my self-confidence. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:26

I was not in safety - If this verse be read interrogatively, it will give a good and easy sense: Was I not in safety? Had I not rest? Was I not in comfort? Yet trouble came. It is well known that, previously to this attack of Satan, Job was in great prosperity and peace. Mr. Good translates, I had no peace; yea, I had no rest. Yea, I had no respite, as the trouble came on; and refers the whole to the quick succession of the series of heavy evils by which he was tried. There is a similar... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

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