Job 9:11 RVA

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 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not ,.... This is expressive of the invisibility of God; for though the angels in heaven always behold his face, and men, in the works of creation, may see his eternal power and Godhead, and other perfections of it displayed therein; and saints by faith have a comfortable and delightful view of him, of his countenance, his love, grace and mercy in his word and ordinances, and especially in the face and person of Christ, the image of the invisible God, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not - He is incomprehensible in all his ways, and in all his works; and he must be so it he be God, and work as God; for his own nature and his operations are past finding out. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:1-35

Job, in answer to Bildad, admits the truth of his arguments, but declines to attempt the justification which can alone entitle him to accept the favourable side of Bildad's alternative. Man cannot absolutely justify himself before God. It is in vain to attempt to do so. The contest is too unequal. On the one side perfect wisdom and absolute strength (verse 4); on the other, weakness, imperfection, ignorance. guilt (verses 17-20). And no "daysman," or umpire, between them; no third party to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:2-20

God viewed as absolute and arbitrary Power. I. THE HELPLESSNESS OF MAN IN PRESENCE OF HIS OMNIPOTENCE . ( Job 9:1-3 .) What avails right on one's side against him who has all heaven's artillery at his command? "It is idle to argue with the Master of thirty legions." Out of a thousand questions with which the Almighty might overwhelm my mind, there is not one which I could answer with the chance of a fair hearing. Indeed, this in a sense is true, as the thirty-eighth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:5-13

A magnificent description of the might and majesty of God, transcending anything in the Psalms, and comparable to the grandest passages of Isaiah (see especially Isaiah 40:21-24 ; Isaiah 43:15-20 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not . Near as God is to us, close as he comes to us, we cannot directly see him, or feel him, or perceive his presence. We know it by faith, we may feel it in our inmost spirits; but there is no manifestation of it to our senses. A sharp line divides the visible and invisible worlds; and this line, if it is ever crossed, is very rarely crossed. Job possibly reflects upon the pretension of Eliphaz to have had a physical consciousness of the visitation of a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:11-20

Job to Bildad: 3. Creator and creature in conflict. I. THE DIVINE ASSAILANT . 1 . His mysterious movements. "Lo! he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not" (verse 11). The language, recalling Eliphaz's description of the shadowy spectre ( Job 4:15 ), recognizes: 2 . His resistless power. 3 . His unanswerable charges. II. THE HUMAN COMPLAINANT . 1 . Mistrusting the Divine condescension. Putting the case that he had... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me - That is, he passes along - as in the silent movements of the heavenly bodies. “I see the evidence of his existence. I can see that God must be there - moving along by me in the orbs of night and in the march of the constellations, but I cannot see God himself. He passes by, or rather he passes over me (עלי ‛ālay), as in the majestic movement of the heavenly bodies over my head.” This is, I think, the idea, and the image is exceedingly poetic and beautiful. The heavens are... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 9:11

Job 9:11. Lo he goeth by me Or besides, or before me, in my presence; that is, he worketh by his providence in ways of mercy or judgment. And I see him not I see the effects, but I cannot understand the causes or grounds of his actions, for they are incomprehensible to me, or any other man: for though Job speaks only in his own person, yet he means to affirm it of all men, that such is the weakness of their understandings that they cannot search out God’s counsels and ways. The... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 9:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:2-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:5-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:11-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 9:11

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