Job 9:8-10 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 9:8

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 9:8

And treadeth upon the waves - This is a very majestic image. God not only walks upon the waters, but when the sea runs mountains high, he steps from billow to billow in his almighty and essential majesty. There is a similar sentiment in David, Psalm 29:10 ; : "The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever." But both are far outdone by the Psalmist, Psalm 18:9-15 , and especially in these words, Psalm 18:10 , He did fly on the wings of the wind. Job is great, but... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south - For this translation the original words are תמן והדרי וכימה כסיל עש עשה oseh ash , kesil , vechimah vehadrey theman , which are thus rendered by the Septuagint: Ὁ ποιων Πλειαδα, και Ἑσπερον, και Αρκτουρον, και ταμεια νοτου ; "Who makes the Pleiades, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and Orion, and the chambers of the south." The Vulgate, Qui facit Arcturum, et Oriona, et Hyadas, et interiora Austri ; "Who... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:10

Great things past finding out - Great things without end; wonders without number - Targum. 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 9:5-10

Job to Bildad: 2. The majesty of God depicted. I. IN TERRESTRIAL PHENOMENA . 1 . Overturning mountains. "Which removeth," i.e. . uprooteth or overtumeth, "the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger" (verse 5). Whatever be the allusion intended, whether to the convulsions of nature which occurred at the Flood, or to those usually associated with earthquakes, the language suggests the absoluteness of God's control over nature, and in particular: 2 .... read more

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

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 9:8

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 9:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:2-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:5-10

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