Verse 1
answered = replied. See note on Job 4:1.
my soul = me. Hebrew. nephesh.
Verse 3
make yourselves strange to me: or, are insolent to me.
Verse 4
erred . . . error. Hebrew. shaga. App-44.
remaineth with myself: i.e. is mine own affair.
Verse 6
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.
Verse 7
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. See translation below.
Verse 10
destroyed = crushed.
removed = uprooted.
Verse 12
tabernacle = tent.
Verse 13
Note the Alternation in Job 19:13-14.
Verse 14
Note the Alternation in Job 19:13-14.
Verse 17
breath. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
strange = offensive.
though I, &c. See rendering below.
children"s = sons": i.e. had his sons not died.
Verse 18
young children = the very boys; or, young miscreants.
arose = would fain rise.
Verse 19
inward = intimate. Hebrew men of my counsel = my confidential friends.
Verse 20
the skin of my teeth = the gums. See rendering below.
Verse 21
Have pity, &c. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
the hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
touched = stricken. Figure of speech Tapeinosis. App-6.
Verse 22
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
Verse 23
Oh! Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
Verse 24
graven = engraven. See translation below.
Verse 25
know. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, to include all the effects of knowing.
Redeemer = next of kin. Hebrew. go"el. See notes on Exodus 6:6, and compare Ruth 2:20; Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:3, Ruth 4:6. Isaiah 59:20.
earth = dust of [the earth].
Verse 26
skin. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the whole body.
Verse 27
another = a stranger. A pause must be made between Job 19:27 and Job 19:28.
Verse 28
But ye: or, Ye shall [then] say.
seeing. Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6). Supply by repeating the question, "Why see a root of blame in him? "
me. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "him".
Verse 29
punishments = sins; "sins" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the punishments called for by them.
there is a judgment = that judgment will be executed.