John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water ,.... As it came from heaven, or flowed from the mountains covered with snow, as Lebanon, see Jeremiah 18:14 ; or was kept in vessels for such use, as being judged the best for such a purpose; so it was used by the ancients F14 "Discubuimus, pueris aquam nivalem in manus infundentibus", Petronius in Satyr. , as being what whitens the skin, and strengthens the parts by contracting the pores, and hindering perspiration; it signifies, in a figurative... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 9:25-35
Job here grows more and more querulous, and does not conclude this chapter with such reverent expressions of God's wisdom and justice as he began with. Those that indulge a complaining humour know not to what indecencies, nay, to what impieties, it will hurry them. The beginning of that strife with God is as the letting forth of water; therefore leave it off before it be meddled with. When we are in trouble we are allowed to complain to God, as the Psalmist often, but must by no means complain... read more