Job 9:25-33 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:31

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch . Yet would God with ease undo his work, show his purity to be impure, his righteousness to be filthy rags, and thus, as it were, replunge him in the mire and clay from which he had sought to free himself, and hold him forth a more loathsome wretch than ever. And mine own clothes shall abhor me . So loathsome would he be that his very garments, stained and fouled by his disease, would shrink away from him and hate to touch him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:32

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him; and we should come together in judgment (comp. Job 9:2-14 ). On one of two conditions only, Job thinks, could the contest be even between himself and God. Neither condition, however, was (he thought) possible; and therefore no satisfactory judgment could take place. Recent commentators observe that the Christian scheme, which Job could not anticipate, provides almost a literal fulfilment of both conditions, since the God who is to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us ; literally ' judge ' or arbitrator called a "daysman," since he appoints the day on which the arbitration is to come off. The LXX . renders by μεσίτης , "mediator." That might lay his hand upon us bosh. Moderate between us, that is; keep us both in cheek; assert an authority to which we must both submit. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

The Mediator. The object desired by Job—and here he speaks for all sinful ones—is to obtain reconciliation with Jehovah, against whom he acknowledges himself to have sinned. He cries for a mediator, an arbiter, an umpire; one able to "lay his hand upon us both"—to bring us together, mediating between us. I. THE NECESSITY FOR THIS ARISES : 1 . From Job's consciousness of sin. In his prayer (verse 28) he confesses to God, "I know thou wilt not hold me innocent." "I am not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

The Daysman. Job regarded it as unfair that his Judge and his Accuser should be one and the same Person, and he craved an umpire to come between. As a matter of fact, he was mistaken. His accuser was not his Judge. Satan was his accuser, and God was the great and just Umpire of the contest. Still, men have ever felt the need of one who should come between them and God, and assist them in coming to a right understanding with God. The feeling has arisen in part from a similar mistake to Job's,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:25

Now my days are swifter than a post - Than a courier, runner, or racer, רוּץ rûts. Vulgate, cursore; Septuagint, δρομέως dromeōs, a racer. The word is not unfrequently applied to the runners or couriers, that carried royal commands in ancient times. It is applied to the mounted couriers of the Persians who carried the royal edicts to the distant provinces, Esther 3:13, Esther 3:15; Esther 8:14, and to the body-guard and royal messengers of Saul and of David, 1Sa 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25. The... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:26

They are passed away as the swift ships - Margin, Ships of desire; or ships of Ebeh. Hebrew אבה אניה 'onı̂yâh 'êbeh. Vulgate, Naves poma portantes. Septuagint, “Is there any track left by ships in their passage?” The Chaldee renders it as the Vulgate, “Ships bearing good fruit;” that is, as such fruit was perishable, haste was required in order to reach the place of destination. Our translators were evidently perplexed by the word אבה 'êbeh, as appears by their placing two different phrases... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:27

If I say, I will forget my complaint - If I resolve that I will leave off complaining, and will be more cheerful, I find it all in vain. My fears and sorrows return, and all my efforts to be cheerful are ineffectualI will leave off my heaviness - The word rendered “my heaviness” here (פני pânam) denotes literally “my face;” and the reference is to the sad and sorrowful countenance which he had. “If I should lay that aside, and endeavor to be cheerful.”And comfort myself - The word rendered... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:28

I am afraid of all my sorrows - My fears return. I dread the continuance of my griefs, and cannot close my eye to them.Thou wilt not hold me innocent - God will not remove my sorrows so as to furnish the evidence that I am innocent. My sufferings continue, and with them continue all the evidence on which my friends rely that I am a guilty man. In such a state of things, how can I be otherwise than sad? He was held to be guilty; he was suffering in such a way as to afford them the proof that he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:29

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? - The word “if,” here introduced by our translators, greatly obscures the sense. The meaning evidently is, “I am held to be guilty, and cannot answer to that charge. God regards me as such, and if I should attempt to meet him on the charge, it would be a vain attempt; and I must admit its truth. It would be labor in vain to deny it against one so mighty as he is.” This interpretation accords with the argument in the whole chapter. Job maintains that it... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 9:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 9:29

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