Job 23:11-12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:8-12

Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God's providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them (Job 23:8, 9): I go forward, but he is not there, etc. Eliphaz had bid him acquaint himself with God. ?So I would, with all my heart,? says Job, ?If I knew how to get acquainted with him.? He had himself a great desire to appear before God, and get a hearing of his case, but the Judge was not to be found. Look which way he would, he could see no sign of God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps ,.... Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued therein; as he set his foot in the steps of God, which were to him for an example, he persisted therein; as he followed on to know him, so to imitate him, and walk worthy of him: his way have I kept ; the way he prescribed him, and directed him to walk in, the way of his commandments, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:12

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips ,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given, or had not come to the knowledge of Job; some speak of the seven commandments, given to the sons of Noah; See Gill on Genesis 9:4 . It seems to design any and every commandment that God had given to Noah or Abraham, or any of the patriarchs, before the times of Job, and which he had... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept - I have carefully marked his providential dealings; and in his way - his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not only been generally but particularly religious: I have attended carefully to the weightier matters of the law, and have not forgotten its slightest injunctions. Coverdale is curious: - Nevertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete have I holden, and not gone out of it. The hye strete is highway, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:12

The commandment of his lips - The written law that proceeded from his own mouth. I have esteemed the words of his mouth - Mr. Good has given a better version of the original: In my bosom have I stored up the words of his mouth. The Asiatics carry every thing precious or valuable in their bosom, their handkerchiefs, jewels, purses, etc. Job, therefore, intimates that the words of God's mouth were to him a most precious treasure. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:1-17

Longing for the appearance of the delivering and justifying God. I. EXCLAMATION . ( Job 23:2-5 .) So bitter is his complaint, "his hand is heavy upon his groaning," i.e. he must force groan after groan out of himself. Oh that he knew where to find the judgment-seat of God, and that he might have the opportunity of pleading his cause! ( Job 23:3-5 ). He possesses still "faith and a good conscience," those best jewels of a Christian ( 1 Timothy 1:5 ), and can think of appearing... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:3-13

The true support under deferred judgment. In the bitterness of his complaint and the heaviness of his stroke, Job makes known his desire to appeal directly to God. In the impossibility of this his faith is more and more severely tested; but he reposes in an assurance that the Divine eye is upon him, and he is confident of a just and even merciful sentence. So does conscious integrity uphold the tried and suffering believer, over whom for the present the shadows of suspicion gather, although... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-12

Job to Eliphaz: 2. A child of light walking in darkness. I. THE CHILD OF LIGHT . That Job was entitled to be so described will appear from a consideration of: 1 . The creed he professed. It is obvious that Job believed in: 2 . The character he maintained. Besides being an intellectual believer in God, Job was: (a) cheerfully, making God's way his way, like the Messianic Sufferer ( Psalms 40:7 , Psalms 40:8 ), and like Christ ( John 6:38 ); (b) perpetually,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps ; rather, hath held dose to his steps , or his path ; i.e. I have followed in God's way, and kept as close to it as possible. In other words. I have kept his way, and not declined from it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:11-12

A faithful life. I. ITS COURSE . 1 . A course of conduct. Job speaks of his foot holding, etc. He is reviewing his actions. It would have been of little use for him to have vindicated his creed and his sentiments if his conduct had been faithless. The most important question is as to how a man lives, not as to what he thinks or how he feels. 2 . A continuous course. It is a way, and Job has had to keep to it, A momentary spasm of virtue will not satisfy the requirements of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 23:8-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 23:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:3-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:11-12

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