Verse 1
answered = replied [a third time]. See note on Job 4:1.
Verse 2
complaint = complaining.
my. Septuagint and Syriac read "His".
stroke = hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the calamity occasioned by it. Compare Job 13:21; Job 19:21.
Verse 3
Oh. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
Verse 10
take: or choose.
when he hath: or, if He would.
shall = should.
Verse 12
my necessary food. Hebrew my own law = my appointed portion: i.e. my ordinary allowance; "law" being put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Genus), App-6, for what is allowed by it. Compare Genesis 47:22. Proverbs 30:8.
Verse 13
His soul = Himself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Verse 15
afraid. See note on Deuteronomy 28:66.
Verse 16
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
soft = faint, or unnerved. Compare Deuteronomy 20:3. Isaiah 7:4.
THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.
Verse 17
Because, &c. See translation below.
darkness. Hebrew. hashak. See note on Job 3:6.
darkness. Hebrew. "ophel. See note on Job 3:6.