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| 1 ¶ Then Job answered
and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? |
It
is so Job agrees with Bildad's arguments, at least in part.
See jb0803.
Just with God? This is an essential question. Job recognizes that God is just but he feels insecure. See ro0326. Cannot answer ... one "He (man) would not dare, even if he had a thousand answers in readiness to one question of God's, to utter one of them, from awe of His Majesty." (JFB Commentary) |
| 5 Which removeth the mountains,
and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
.6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. |
Removeth
the mountains There is evidence of great seismic activity at
the time of and after the flood ge0711and
the activity will be again re0614.
This may be symbolic but it is also literal.
Shaketh Job was may have witnessed an earthquake or the Holy Spirit may have impressed him re1618. Pillars This would be an apt description of a shaking earth. There is no reason to believe that Job thought the earth was held up by pillars although a misunderstanding here would not be a problem. He described what he had seen and felt. There was no doubt that God was active. Sun ... riseth not The One who created these bodies from nothing should have no problem controlling their movement. ha0311, jos1012, 2ki2009. |
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Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. |
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| 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and
I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
.12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? 13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. |
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| 14 ¶ How much less shall
I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. |
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| 18 He will not suffer me to
take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. |
21 - Though I were perfect ... Literally, "I am perfect, [yet] I do not know myself; I abhor my life." We are responsible to abide in Christ day by day jn1504, is2609. Although we may have assurance of salvation, only Christ is the judge. |
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¶ This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect
and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. .24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? |
Destroyeth the perfect and the wicked We cannot know a person's character by how God treats him, or allows him to be treated. Assuming to know is judging lu0637. |
| 25 ¶ Now my days are
swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: |
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| 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows,
I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. |
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| 32 For he is not a man, as
I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. |
32 - He is not a man God still seemed distant. Today we can understand because of the life and death of Jesus Christ ph0206, he0101. Marvelous gift of life. |
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