Job 23:8-12 BSB

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

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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

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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

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; that is, "He is not there to my perceptions ." I may believe it, but I have no sensible proof of it, and I cannot demonstrate it. And backward, but I cannot perceive him . In describing locality, the Hebrews, Arabs, and Orientals generally always imagined themselves to be looking eastward, facing the rising sun. Hence the same word is used for" in front," "forwards," and "the east;" for "behind," "backwards," and "the west;" for "the left hand"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-9

Here Job returns to the complaint of verse 3. He cannot "find" God. God hides himself. It is in vain that he searches on every side. There is no manifestation, no open vision. Nothing, however, leads him to doubt God's existence, or even his presence where he is unperceived. "Job's conviction of God's absolute presence comes out most strongly when he feels that he cannot discern him" (Cook). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-9

The unseen God. Job enlarges on the idea of his search for God and the efforts that he has vainly made to find him. God is still invisible; searching has not found him. I. THE PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF SEEING GOD . There is more to be said for modern agnosticism than for eighteenth-century deism. Pure rationalism will not find God. Physical science cannot discover him. The animal is dissected, the metal is melted in the crucible, but the analysis reveals not Divinity. We... 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 23:9

On the left hand, where he doth work; literally, in his workshop. There is an ellipse after "workshop" of some phrase like "I look for him." But I cannot behold him; rather, but I apprehend him not— I cannot as it were, lay my hand upon him ( LXX ; οὐ κάτεσχον ). He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him ; literally, and I do not see him. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:10

But he knoweth the way that I take ; or, the way that is with me. My inability to find God does not in any way interfere with his perfect knowledge of me. God knows both "the way of the righteous" ( Psalms 1:6 ) "and "the way of the wicked," which" he turns upside down "( Psalms 146:9 ). He is "about our path, and about our bed, and spieth out all our ways" ( Psalms 139:2 ). When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold ; i.e. as gold from the furnace, I shall come forth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:10

God's knowledge and man's discipline. I. GOD 'S KNOWLEDGE . 1 . The fact . Job has just been owning his difficulty in finding God. He searches in all directions, forward and backward, on the left hand and on the right, and he cannot discover God (verses 8, 9). But although it is so hard for him to attain to a knowledge of God, he is quite certain that God knows him. We are known by God before we think of acknowledging him, and when we are bewildered with the mystery of life all is... read more

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 23:10

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