約伯記 23:3-7 RCUVTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:1-7

Job is confident that he has wrong done him by his friends, and therefore, ill as he is, he will not give up the cause, nor let them have the last word. Here, I. He justifies his own resentments of his trouble (Job 23:2): Even to day, I own, my complaint is bitter; for the affliction, the cause of the complaint, is so. There are wormwood and gall in the affliction and misery; my soul has them still in remembrance and is embittered by them, Lam. 3:19, 20. Even to day is my complaint counted... read more

John Gill

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

O that I knew where I might find him ,.... That is, God, who is understood, though not expressed, a relative without an antecedent, as in Psalm 87:1 ; Jarchi supplies, and interprets it, "my Judge", from Job 23:7 ; and certain it is Job did desire to find God as a judge sitting on his throne, doing right, that he might have justice done to him: indeed he might be under the hidings of God's face, which added to his affliction, and made it the heavier; in which case, the people of God are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:4

I would order my cause before him ,.... Either, as a praying person, direct his prayer to him, and set it in order before him, see Psalm 5:3 ; or else as pleading in his own defence, and in justification of himself; not of his person before God, setting his works of righteousness in order before him, and pleading his justification on the foot of them; for, by these no flesh living can be justified before God; but of his cause, for, as a man may vindicate his cause before men, and clear... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:5

I would know the words which he would answer me ,.... Being a God hearing and answering prayer, who always hears, and sooner or later answers the petitions of his people in his own way; and which when he does, they know, take notice, and observe it: or then he should know the reason why the Lord contended with him, and what were his sins and transgressions, which were the cause of his afflictions; things he had desired to know, but as yet had no answer, see Job 10:2 ; and understand... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:6

Will he plead against me with his great power ?.... God will not plead against his people at all, but for them: much less will he plead against them with his great strength, use all his power to run them down, crush, and oppress them; for he is a great God, and of great power, he is mighty in strength, and there is no contending with him, or answering of him, Job 9:3 ; nor will he deal with them according to the strict rigour of his justice, nor stir up all his wrath, nor contend for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:7

There the righteous might dispute with him ,.... That is, at his seat, either at his mercy seat, where even God allows sinners to come and reason with him, for pardoning grace and mercy, upon the foot of his own declarations and promises, and the blood and sacrifice of his son, Isaiah 1:18 ; or at his judgment seat, pleading the righteousness of Christ, which is fully satisfactory to law and justice. Job most probably means himself by the righteous or upright man, being conscious to... read more

Adam Clarke

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

O that I knew where I might find him! - This and the following verse may be read thus: "Who will give me the knowledge of God, that I may find him out? I would come to his establishment; (the place or way in which he has promised to communicate himself); I would exhibit, in detail, my judgment (the cause I wish to be tried) before his face; and my mouth would I fill with convincing or decisive arguments;" arguments drawn from his common method of saving sinners, which I should prove applied... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:5

I would know the words which he would answer me - He would speak nothing but what was true, decree nothing that was not righteous, nor utter any thing that I could not comprehend. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:6

Will he plead against me - He would not exhibit his majesty and his sovereign authority to strike me dumb, or so overawe me that I could not speak in my own vindication. No; but he would put strength in me - On the contrary, he would treat me with tenderness, he would rectify my mistakes, he would show me what was in my favor, and would temper the rigid demands of justice by the mild interpretations of equity; and where law could not clear me, mercy would conduct all to the most... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:7

There the righteous might dispute with him - נוכח nochach , might argue or plead. To dispute with God sounds very harsh. So should I be delivered for ever - Mr. Good translates: "And triumphantly should I escape from my condemnation." The Hebrew word לנצח lanetsach may as well be translated to victory as for ever: and in this sense the Vulgate understood the words: Proponat aequitatem contra me; et perveniat ad victoriam judicium meum. "He would set up equity against me; and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:1-7

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:7

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:7

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