Job 29:3,Job 29:4

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 29:1-25

Job 29:2 At the close of his paper on Good-Nature ( Spectator, No. 171), Addison quotes this chapter as one of 'several passages which I have always read with great delight in the book of Job. It is the Account which that Holy Man gives of his Behaviour in the Days of his Prosperity; and, if considered only as a human Composition, is a finer picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author.' 'People do not dream when they are happy. For the last few... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 29:1-25

XXIV.AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KINGJob 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40Job SPEAKSFROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the years of prosperity and health which in long succession he once enjoyed. This parable or review of the past ends his contention. Honour and blessedness are apparently denied him forever. With what has been he compares his present misery and proceeds to a bold and noble vindication of his character... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 29:1-25

CHAPTER 29 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1-10 ) 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11-25 ) Job 29:1-10 . The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another channel, but now he reverts to the old complaint in self-occupation, self-pity and self-vindication. What a horrible thing this old self? And before the sun can scatter his dark night, that self must be laid into the dust of self-abhorrence. And so we hear him review the past. Some 20... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:3

29:3 When his {a} candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] {b} darkness;(a) When I felt his favour.(b) I was free from affliction. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 29:1-25

JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too much of "sell" in what he says, so that in this way Chapter 29 is a contrast to Chapter 28, where he had given the Lord His place of supreme excellence. Nor had Job learned the truth of Ecclesiastes 7:10, "Do not say, Why were the former days better than these? For you do not enquire wisely... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 29:1-25

THIRD SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 22-24) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 22) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 23-24) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 25-26) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 25) b. Reply of Job (chap. 26) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 27-31) a. Continuation of the reply of Job (chaps. 27-31) The last speech Eliphaz makes, chapter 22, is a grand effort to refute Job based upon the latter’s appeal to facts. There is more severity in it than he has shown before. He charges Job with cruelty,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 29:1-25

Sunny Memories Job 29:0 This chapter is a kind of spiritual inventory. Job begins to enumerate the blessings which he once had, and as he sets them down in order they seem to multiply and brighten in the process. We all know what that means. Blessings seem to brighten as they take their flight. We did not know how precious they were at the time; we were partially contented with them; probably they were all we needed just at that particular moment, but we had no special or exuberant joy in... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 29:1-5

(1) ¶ Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, (2) Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; (3) When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; (4) As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; (5) When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; It should seem very evident from these expressions, for they are all gracious expressions, that the Patriarch was chiefly... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 29:1-6

1-6 Job proceeds to contrast his former prosperity with his present misery, through God's withdrawing from him. A gracious soul delights in God's smiles, not in the smiles of this world. Four things were then very pleasant to holy Job 1:0. The confidence he had in the Divine protection. 2. The enjoyment he had of the Divine favour. 3. The communion he had with the Divine word. 4. The assurance he had of the Divine presence. God's presence with a man in his house, though it be but a cottage,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 29:1-11

Job Describes his Former Prosperity v. 1. Moreover, Job continued his parable, his proverbial sayings, and said, v. 2. Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, sighing for the happy condition of that period of his life which now seems to belong to the remote past; v. 3. when His candle shined upon my head, when the lamp of God's favor illuminated Job's pathway, and when by His light I walked through darkness, secure in the midst of the greatest dangers, v.... read more