約伯記 23:10-13 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:8-12

Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God's providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them (Job 23:8, 9): I go forward, but he is not there, etc. Eliphaz had bid him acquaint himself with God. ?So I would, with all my heart,? says Job, ?If I knew how to get acquainted with him.? He had himself a great desire to appear before God, and get a hearing of his case, but the Judge was not to be found. Look which way he would, he could see no sign of God's... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:13-17

Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to produce of his innocency. I am loth to think holy Job would charge the holy God with iniquity; but his complaint is indeed bitter and peevish, and he reasons himself into a sort of patience per force, which he cannot do without reflecting upon God as dealing hardly with him, but he must bear it because... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take ,.... This he seems to say in a way of solace to himself, comforting and contenting himself, that though he could not find God, nor knew where he was, or what way he took, nor the reasons of his ways and dispensations with the children of men, and with himself, yet God knew where he was, and what way he took; by which he means either the way he took, being directed to it for his acceptance with God, his justification before him, and eternal salvation; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps ,.... Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued therein; as he set his foot in the steps of God, which were to him for an example, he persisted therein; as he followed on to know him, so to imitate him, and walk worthy of him: his way have I kept ; the way he prescribed him, and directed him to walk in, the way of his commandments, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given, or had not come to the knowledge of Job; some speak of the seven commandments, given to the sons of Noah; See Gill on Genesis 9:4 . It seems to design any and every commandment that God had given to Noah or Abraham, or any of the patriarchs, before the times of Job, and which he had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:13

But he is in one mind ,.... Either with respect to his commandments, every precept remains in full force, he never alters the thing that is gone out of his lips, or delivers out other commandments different from, or contrary to what he has given; and therefore Job thought it his duty to abide by them, and not decline from them; which is the sense of a Jewish commentator F3 Sophorno. , connecting the words with the preceding: Or with respect to his dispensations towards Job in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take - He approves of my conduct; my ways please him. He tries me: but, like gold, I shall lose nothing in the fire; I shall come forth more pure and luminous. If that which is reputed to be gold is exposed to the action of a strong fire, if it be genuine, it will lose nothing of its quality, nor of its weight. If it went into the fire gold, it will come out gold; the strongest fire will neither alter nor destroy it. So Job: he went into this furnace of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept - I have carefully marked his providential dealings; and in his way - his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not only been generally but particularly religious: I have attended carefully to the weightier matters of the law, and have not forgotten its slightest injunctions. Coverdale is curious: - Nevertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete have I holden, and not gone out of it. The hye strete is highway, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:12

The commandment of his lips - The written law that proceeded from his own mouth. I have esteemed the words of his mouth - Mr. Good has given a better version of the original: In my bosom have I stored up the words of his mouth. The Asiatics carry every thing precious or valuable in their bosom, their handkerchiefs, jewels, purses, etc. Job, therefore, intimates that the words of God's mouth were to him a most precious treasure. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:13

But he is in one mind - The original is באחד והוא vehu beechad , and is literally, But he is in one: properly rendered by the Vulgate, Ipse enim solus est. But he is alone. And not badly rendered by Coverdale - It is he himself alone. He has no partner; his designs are his own, they are formed in his infinite wisdom, and none can turn his determinations aside. It is vain, therefore, for man to contend with his Maker. He designs my happiness, and you cannot prevent its accomplishment. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:8-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:13-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:13

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