John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 6:22
Did I say, bring unto me ?.... Or, "give unto me" F2 הבו לי "date mihi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; did I invite you to come to me, and bring in your hands presents for me, to support me under my necessitous circumstances? or give a reward for me of your substance ? did I ever ask anything of you? if I had, it would have been but your duty to have given freely to me in my deplorable circumstances; and it might have been expected you would... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 6:22-30
Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to condemn them. If they would but think impartially, and speak as they thought, they could not but own, I. That, though he was necessitous, yet he was not craving, nor burdensome to his friends. Those that are so, whose troubles serve them to beg by, are commonly less pitied than the silent poor. Job... read more