约伯记 14:16-17 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:16-22

Job here returns to his complaints; and, though he is not without hope of future bliss, he finds it very hard to get over his present grievances. I. He complains of the particular hardships he apprehended himself under from the strictness of God's justice, Job 14:16, 17. Therefore he longed to go hence to that world where God's wrath will be past, because now he was under the continual tokens of it, as a child, under the severe discipline of the rod, longs to be of age. ?When shall my change... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps ,.... Or "but now" F7 כי עתה "at nunc", Piscator. , at this present time thou seemest to have no desire to me, or affection for me, but the reverse. Job was in a pretty good frame of mind a little before, having in view his last change, and the glorious resurrection; but on a sudden he returns to his former complaints of God, and here of the rigour and strictness of his justice in marking his steps, and correcting him for his sin; so very uncertain... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag ,.... Denoting either the concealment of it, as in Hosea 13:12 ; not from God; nor in such sense sealed up as sin is by the sacrifice and satisfaction of Christ, who has thereby removed it out of the sight of divine justice; so that when it is sought for it shall not be found, nor any more seen, which is the sense of the phrase in Daniel 9:24 ; where the words, "to make an end of sin", may be rendered, to "seal them up"; but this Job would not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps - עתה כי ki attah , Although thou, etc. Though thou, by thy conduct towards me, seemest bent on my utter destruction, yet thou delightest in mercy, and I shall be saved. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag - An allusion to the custom of collecting evidence of state transgressions, sealing them up in a bag, and presenting them to the judges and officers of state to be examined, in order to trial and judgment. Just at this time (July, 1820) charges of state transgressions, sealed up in a Green Bag, and presented to the two houses of parliament, for the examination of a secret committee, are making a considerable noise in the land. Some suppose the allusion... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

This chapter, in which Job concludes the fourth of his addresses, is characterized by a tone of mild and gentle expostulation, which contrasts with the comparative vehemence and passion of the two preceding chapters. It would seem that the patriarch, having vented his feelings, experiences a certain relief, an interval of calm, in which, his own woes pressing less heavily upon him, he is content to moralize on the general condition of humanity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:16

For now thou numberest my steps ; rather, but now . Job, at this point, proceeds to contrast his actual condition with the ideal one which (in verses 13-15) his imagination has conjured up. God's actual attitude towards him he regards as one, not of protecting love, but of jealous hostility. His "steps" are observed, counted—every divergence from the right path is noted—a false step, if he makes one, is at once punished. Dost thou not watch over my sin? (comp. Job 10:14 ). Job's sins,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:16-22

Job to God: 4. Falling back into the darkness. I. BROODING OVER HIS MISERY . 1 . A sudden transition. Job's anticipation of the future resurrection-life was a momentary inspiration; not a calm, clear, steady light, diffusing a cheerful radiance within his soul, and shining on his onward progress to the grave, but a bright meteoric flash shooting up before his mind's eye, dazzling it for an instant by celestial splendours, and then plunging across the firmament of his soul... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag (comp. Deuteronomy 32:34 ); i.e. God keeps account of all my transgressions. It is as if he put them all into a bag (compare "Put my tears into thy bottle," Psalms 56:8 ), whence they can be taken out and brought against me at any moment. They are "sealed up" in the bag for greater security. And thou sewest up mine iniquity. (So Ewald, Dillmaun, Canon Cook, and the Revised Version.) Others think the meaning to be, "Thou addest to my iniquity... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:17

Sealed transgression. Job seems to think that God has sealed his transgression up in a bag, keeping it in reserve to bring out against him at some future judgment. I. WE CANNOT TAKE BACK OUR SINS . They are ours before we have let them loose on the world. Then they pass out of our control. They may wander far in their mischievous effects, or they may be checked by the providence of God. But, in any case, they have passed away from us beyond all chance of recovery. The bag in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 14:16-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 14:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 14:17

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