Job 3:24 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here complains that his life was now continued and not cut off. When men are set on quarrelling there is no end of it; the corrupt heart will carry on the humour. Having cursed the day of his birth, here he courts the day of his death. The beginning of this strife and impatience is as the letting forth of water. I. He thinks it hard, in general, that miserable lives should be prolonged... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat ,.... Or, "before my bread", or "food" F7 לפני לחמי "ante cibum meum", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "ante panem meum", Cocceius, Schmidt, Michaelis. ; before he sat down to eat, or had tasted of his food, there were nothing but sighing and sobbing, so that he had no appetite for his food, and could take no delight in it; and, while he was eating, his tears mingled with it, so that these were his meat and his drink continually, and he was fed... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh - Some think that this refers to the ulcerated state of Job's body, mouth, hands, etc. He longed for food, but was not able to lift it to his mouth with his hands, nor masticate it when brought thither. This is the sense in which Origen has taken the words. But perhaps it is most natural to suppose that he means his sighing took away all appetite, and served him in place of meat. There is the same thought in Psalm 42:3 ; : My tears have been my meat day and night;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The eloquence of grief. This book, so entirely true to nature, presents here one of the darkest moods of the grief-stricken heart. The first state is that of paralyzed silence, dumbness, inertia. Were this to continue, death must ensue. Stagnation will be fatal. The currents of thought and feeling must in some way be set flowing in their accustomed channels, as in the beautiful little poem of Tennyson on the mother suddenly bereaved of her warrior-lord- "All her maidens, wondering, said, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The stricken patriarch's lament: 3. Desiring his death. I. DOLEFUL LAMENTATION . Job pitifully wails forth that his soul was in bitterness because of: 1 . The miseries of life. Which he depicts as: 2 . The perplexities of providence. To these he alludes when he describes himself as a man "whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in" (verse 23). The term "way" is often put for course of life ( Psalms 1:6 ; Proverbs 4:19 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Jeremiah 10:23 ); and a man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The unanswered question. From the lips of Job words escape which prove how deeply he suffered. "Why?" is ever on the lips of men when they consider God's hidden work. But he giveth none account of his ways. Clouds and darkness are round about him. Happy the man who at all times is persuaded that justice and judgment are the habitation of his throne. The question here proposed by Job is the unanswered question running through the whole book. Until all is accomplished, the design of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat literally, before my meat ; i.e. "more early and more constantly than my food" (Professor Lee). And my roarings are poured out . The word translated "roaring" is used primarily of the roar of a lion ( Zechariah 11:3 ; comp. Amos 3:8 ); secondarily, of the loud cries uttered by men who suffer pain (see Psalms 22:1 ; Psalms 32:4 ). (On the loud cries of Orientals when suffering from grief or pain, see the comment on Job 2:12 .) Like the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat - Margin, “My meat.” Dr. Good renders this,” Behold! my sighing takes the place of my daily food, and refers to Psalms 42:3, as an illustration:My tears are my meat day and night.So substantially Schultens renders it, and explains it as meaning, “My sighing comes in the manner of my food,” “Suspirium ad modum panis veniens” - and supposes it to mean that his sighs and groans were like his daily food; or were constant and unceasing. Dr. Noyes explains it as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:24

Job 3:24. For my sighing cometh before I eat Hebrew, before the face of my bread. Instead of enjoying the satisfaction of being refreshed with the common necessaries that are afforded us, and taking any pleasure in eating and drinking, which are granted for comfort as well as sustenance, my cries and tears are my meat and drink. And my roarings are poured out like the waters So severe is my pain, and so great my anguish, that the agonies and outcries, which are extorted from me, are of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 3:20-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 3:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 3:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 3:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 3:24

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 3:24

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