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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 29:1-25

XXIV.AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KINGJob 29:1-25; Job 30:1-31; Job 31:1-40Job SPEAKSFROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the years of prosperity and health which in long succession he once enjoyed. This parable or review of the past ends his contention. Honour and blessedness are apparently denied him forever. With what has been he compares his present misery and proceeds to a bold and noble vindication of his character... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 29:1-25

CHAPTER 29 1. His past prosperity and honors (Job 29:1-10 ) 2. The good works he did (Job 29:11-25 ) Job 29:1-10 . The words spoken by Job were wholesome words, showing that his mind was moving in another channel, but now he reverts to the old complaint in self-occupation, self-pity and self-vindication. What a horrible thing this old self? And before the sun can scatter his dark night, that self must be laid into the dust of self-abhorrence. And so we hear him review the past. Some 20... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:18

29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my {m} nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.(m) That is, at home in my bed without all trouble and unquietness. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:19

29:19 My root [was] {n} spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.(n) My happiness increases. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:22

29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech {o} dropped upon them.(o) That is, was pleasant to them. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:23

29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide {p} [as] for the latter rain.(p) As the dry ground thirsts for the rain. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:24

29:24 [If] I {q} laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they {r} cast not down.(q) That is, they thought it not to be a rest, or they did not think that I would condescend to them.(r) They were afraid to offend me and cause me to be angry. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Job 29:25

29:25 I chose out {s} their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one [that] comforteth the mourners.(s) I had them at commandment. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 29:1-25

JOB'S PAST GREATNESS In this chapter Job dwells upon the honour and dignity that had been his in the past. While he was sincere in what he said, and no doubt spoke truthfully, yet there is far too much of "sell" in what he says, so that in this way Chapter 29 is a contrast to Chapter 28, where he had given the Lord His place of supreme excellence. Nor had Job learned the truth of Ecclesiastes 7:10, "Do not say, Why were the former days better than these? For you do not enquire wisely... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 29:1-25

THIRD SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 22-24) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 22) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 23-24) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 25-26) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 25) b. Reply of Job (chap. 26) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 27-31) a. Continuation of the reply of Job (chaps. 27-31) The last speech Eliphaz makes, chapter 22, is a grand effort to refute Job based upon the latter’s appeal to facts. There is more severity in it than he has shown before. He charges Job with cruelty,... read more

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