E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:25
post = runner, or courier. Compare Esther 3:13 , Esther 3:15 . read more
Job 9:25-33 Esv
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:26
swift ships = ships of ebeh. Hence vessels of bulrush (eb) ; vessels of desire ('abeh), i.e. desiring to reach their haven; vessels of enmity ('eybah), i.e. pirate vessels; or vessels of the Nile ('abai, Abyssinian for Nile). Others, vessels of Joppa. Perhaps the last is best. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:29
why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:30
never so clean = clean with soap. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:31
abhor. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 9:33
Neither is there. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Oh that there were". any Daysman = any umpire, arbiter, or mediator. In Job's case He was found in Elihu; in ours, in Christ. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 9:25
JOB'S PROPHETIC PLEA THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN UMPIRE"Now my days are swifter than a post:They flee away, they see no good.They are passed away as the swift ships;As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.If I say, I will forget my complaint,I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer;I am afraid of all my sorrows,I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.I shall be condemned;Why then do I labor in vain?If I wash myself with snow water,And make my hands never so clean;Yet wilt thou... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 9:26
Job 9:26. As the swift ships, &c.— There are but two places that I remember, says Mr. Peters, in the book of Job, where there is any allusion to navigation. One in the present passage, where Job compares the course of human life, and the rapidity wherewith it passes, to the swift ships, [swiftest ships, most excellent for sailing, Houbigant,] or, as it is in the margin of our English Bibles, ships of desire; i.e. such as are longed for, and long to be at their destined port, and crowd all... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 9:1-35
Job’s reply to Bildad (9:1-10:22)While agreeing with Bildad that God is just, Job argues that ordinary people are still at a disadvantage. They cannot present their side of the case satisfactorily, because God always has the wisdom and power to frustrate them. He can ask a thousand questions that they cannot answer (9:1-4). He can do what he wishes in the heavens or on the earth (5-9). He can work miracles and no one can resist him (10-12). If God overthrows those with supernatural power such... read more