Job 9:4-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 9:1-13

Bildad began with a rebuke to Job for talking so much, Job 8:2. Job makes no answer to that, though it would have been easy enough to retort it upon himself; but in what he next lays down as his principle, that God never perverts judgment, Job agrees with him: I know it is so of a truth, Job 9:2. Note, We should be ready to own how far we agree with those with whom we dispute, and should not slight, much less resist, a truth, though produced by an adversary and urged against us, but receive it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:4

He is wise in heart ,.... Originally, essentially, truly, really, and perfectly so; he is the only, and the all wise God; his understanding is infinite; he is able to traverse all the schemes of men, in things civil or religious, and disappoint all their devices; for though there be ever so many of them, or be ever so deeply laid, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand; for there is no wisdom, understanding, or counsel against him; and therefore it is in vain to contend with him: he is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:5

Which removeth the mountains ,.... This and what follow are instances of the power of God, and are full proofs of his being mighty in strength; and may be understood, either literally, not only of what God is able to do if he will, but of what he has done; and history F25 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 2. c. 83. Wernerus, Palmerius, Theophanes "a aurus", in Bolduc. in loc. furnishes us with instances of mountains being removed from one place to another; and Scheuchzer F26 Physic. Sacr. vol.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:6

Which shaketh the earth out of her place ,.... Can do it, and will do it at the last day, when it shall be utterly broken down, clean dissolved, and reel to and fro like a drunkard, and be removed as a cottage, and which John in a vision saw flee away from the presence of him that sat upon the throne, Isaiah 24:19 ; for this cannot be understood of earthquakes in common, which are only partial, and do not remove the earth out of its place, only shake some parts of it; and this may also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:7

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ,.... Either he could do it if he would, by a word speaking, as he ordered it to stand still in the times of Joshua, Joshua 10:13 , and caused the shadow to return ten degrees it had gone back in the dial of Ahaz, in the times of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 20:11 ; or else the sense is, it rises not at any other time and place but when and where he commands it; or he commands it not to rise in the same place at one time of the year as at another, and it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:8

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens ,.... The expanse, or what we commonly translate "firmament"; but has its name in the Hebrew language from its being expanded, spread, and stretched out, over the earth and all around it; and seems chiefly to design the ether or atmosphere, which is a fine thin matter and substance spread around us, and which is sometimes spread with clouds; this is said to be stretched out like a curtain and a tent to dwell in, tents being made of curtains spread out, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:9

Which maketh Arcturus ,.... By which is meant not a single star, but a collection of stars, as Bar Tzemach and Ben Melech, a constellation; hence we read of Arcturus and his sons, Job 38:32 . Aben Ezra understands it of the seven stars, but these are thought to be meant by the Pleiades, later mentioned; this constellation is about the Arctic or northern pole, in the tail of the Bear, appears in the beginning of September, and brings stormy weather, when winter is at hand F8 Sophoclis... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:10

Which doth great things past finding out ,.... In heaven and earth; great as to quantity and quality, not to be thoroughly searched out so as to tell their numbers, nor explain and express the nature of them to the full; even what he has done, and does in creation, providence, and grace: yea, and wonders without number ; such as are amazing to men, who cannot account for them, and so many that they cannot number them. The same things are said by Eliphaz; see Gill on Job 5:9 ; and which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:4

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength - By his infinite knowledge he searches out and sees all things, and by his almighty power he can punish all delinquencies. He that rebels against him must be destroyed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:5

Removeth the mountains, and they know not - This seems to refer to earthquakes. By those strong convulsions, mountains, valleys, hills, even whole islands, are removed in an instant; and to this latter circumstance the words, they know not, most probably refer. The work is done in the twinkling of an eye; no warning is given; the mountain, that seemed to be as firm as the earth on which it rested, was in the same moment both visible and invisible; so suddenly was it swallowed up. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 9:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:5

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