Job 42:1-6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 42:6

I abhor myself - Compared with thine, my strength is weakness; my wisdom, folly; and my righteousness, impurity. "I loathe myself when thee I see; And into nothing fall." Repent - I am deeply distressed on account of the imaginations of my heart, the words of my tongue, and the acts of my life. I roll myself in the dust, and sprinkle ashes upon my head. Job is now sufficiently humbled at the feet of Jehovah; and having earnestly and piously prayed for instruction, the Lord, in a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

Then Job answered the Lord, and said, I know that thou caner do every thing ; i.e. I know and acknowledge thy omnipotence, which thou hast set forth so magnificently before me in ch. 38-41. It is brought home to me by the grand review of thy works which thou hast made, and the details into which thou hast condescended to enter. I know also and acknowledge that no thought can be with-holden from thee ; i.e. I confess also thy omniscience—that thou knowest even the thoughts of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-2

The confession of God's supremacy. At last the end has come to the discipline of Job. He is brought to more than resignation—to a clear perception of the supremacy of God, and to a humble submission to it. I. THE FACT OF GOD 'S SUPREMACY . This is what Job has now come to see. God is supreme both in power and in wisdom. 1 . In power . There is no resisting his might. He does as he will with the children of men. Even "the king of the children of pride" is one of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Job's answer and confession. It Consists of— I. THE HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD 'S POWER . (Verse 2.) God can do everything; and no "beginning," no germinating or budding thought, is hidden from him; he sees it alike in its origin, development, and end. Both the fearful forms of force in the animal life of nature, and the striking destinies of individual men, are constant proofs of the presence of him who governs the world in power and in justice. II. AS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-6

Contrition. Job, chastened with severe afflictions, harassed by the biting words of incompetent teachers, and now by the Divine voice humbled into the very dust, makes his lowly confession unto Almighty God, and casts himself upon the Divine forbearance and mercy. The confession of this truly humble, lowly, contrite, and obedient heart embraces— I. A JUST APPREHENSION OF THE DIVINE POWER . The ability of God to work all in all—to do whatsoever he pleaseth. "Now I know that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

This concluding chapter divides into two parts. In the first part ( Job 42:1-6 ) Job makes his final submission, humbling himself in the dust before God. In the second (verses 7-17) the historical framework, in which the general dialogue is set, is resumed and brought to a close. God's approval of Job is declared, and his anger denounced against the three friends, who are required to expiate their guilt by a sacrifice, and only promised forgiveness if Job will intercede on their behalf... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

The conclusion of the drama. I. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE THIRD CONTROVERSY BETWEEN JEHOVAH AND JOB . ( Job 42:1-6 .) This controversy, it will be remembered, arose out of the intensity of Job's sufferings and the perplexity of Job's spirit, which caused him on the one hand to form too favourable an opinion of his own, and on the other hand too unfavourable an opinion of God's, righteousness; to misinterpret the facts of providence almost as egregiously as, though in an... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:1-17

Commentators have generally recognized that this psalm is introductory and prefatory. Jerome says that many called it "the Preface of the Holy Ghost." Some of the Fathers did not even regard it as a psalm at all, but as a mere preface, and so reckoned the second psalm as the first (in many manuscripts of the New Testament, the reading is "first psalm" instead of "second psalm" in Acts 13:33 ). The composition is, as Hengstenberg observes, "a short compendium of tile main subject of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:3

Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? As these are nearly the words of God in Job 38:2 , some suppose that they must be his words again here, and imagine a short dialogue in this place between Job and the Almighty, assigning to Job verse 2, the latter half of verse 8, and the whole of verses 5 and 6, while they assign to God verse 4 and the first clause of verse 8. But it is far more natural to regard Job as bringing up the words which God had spoken to him, to ponder on them... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 42:4

Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me , Job refers to God's words in Job 38:3 and Job 40:7 , and realizes the humbling effect which they had had on him. They made him feel how little he knew on the subject of God's works and ways, and how little competent he was to judge them. Hence he bursts into the confession- read more

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