约伯记 31:16-17 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 31:16-23

Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6-9): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing, and sent widows away empty. One would think he could not have been so very positive and express in his charge unless there had been some truth in it, some ground, for it; and yet it appears, by Job's protestation, that it was utterly false and groundless; he was never guilty of any such thing. See here, I. The testimony which Job's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire ,.... Their reasonable desires, and which it was in his power to grant; as when they desired a piece of bread, being hungry, or clothes to cover them, being naked; but not unreasonable desires, seeking and asking great things for themselves, or unlimited and unbounded ones, such as the two sons of Zebedee desired of Christ, Mark 10:35 ; or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail ; through long waiting for, and expecting help and succour... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone ,.... Though he had kept no doubt a plentiful table in the time of his prosperity suitable to his circumstances, yet had been no luxurious person, and therefore calls provisions a "morsel"; however, be it what it would, more or less, he did not eat it alone; what he had for himself the poor had a share of it with him, and the same he ate himself he gave to them: and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof : meaning the poor fatherless: for as to the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone - Hospitality was a very prominent virtue among the ancients in almost all nations: friends and strangers were equally welcome to the board of the affluent. The supper was their grand meal: it was then that they saw their friends; the business and fatigues of the day being over, they could then enjoy themselves comfortably together. The supper was called coena on this account; or, as Plutarch says, Το μεν γαρ δειπνον φασι κοινα δια την κοινωνιαν... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Job's second parable: 4. A solemn protestation of innocence. I. WITH RESPECT TO THE LAW OF CHASTITY . (Verses 1-4.) 1 . The wickedness he eschewed. Not alone the crime of seduction, or the actual defilement of virginal innocence, but even the indulgence of so much as a lascivious desire in connection with an unmarried female, was an ungodliness which Job regarded with abhorrence and indignation. Job's morality on this point, as also upon some others, is a remarkable... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

Solemn assurances of innocence. Job can discover no connection between his present sufferings and those well-founded hopes of his former life to which he has been referring; but there remains the assumption of his guilt as an explanation. In his intense longing for redemption he is led, in conclusion, to affirm in the most solemn and sacred manner his innocence, invoking the sorest punishments upon himself if his words are untrue. Thus, in effect, he makes a final appeal to God as his Judge.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The consciousness of integrity. The Divine solution of the riddle of human life is being wrought out in this poem, although at times it seems as though the entanglement became more and more confused. The case, as put in these three chapters, is the condensation of all as far as it has gone. It still awaits the solution. Job was in riches, dignity, and honour; he is now cast down to ignominy and suffering. Yet he is righteous—this, at least, is his own conviction; and in this chapter he makes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire . As Eliphaz had maintained ( Job 22:6 , Job 22:7 ), and as Job had already denied ( Job 29:12 , Job 29:16 ). The duty of relieving the poor, solemnly enjoined upon the people of Israel in the Law ( Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ), was generally admitted by the civilized nations of antiquity. In Egypt it was especially insisted on. "The Egyptian's duties to mankind," says Dr. Birch, "were comprised in giving bread to the hungry, drink to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof . With the widow, the fatherless is usually conjoined, as an equal object of compassion (see Exodus 22:22 ; Deuteronomy 10:18 ; Psalms 68:5 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 22:3 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Zechariah 7:10 , etc.). Eliphaz had specially charged Job with oppression of the fatherless ( Job 22:9 ), and his charge had been denied by Job ( Job 29:12 ). He now claims to have always shared his bread with... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 31:16-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 31:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 31:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:1-40

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 31:17

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