PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Job
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 410,186 words · 582 reading sections
Job 10:7
Job 10:7 Ver. 7. Thou knowest that I am not wicked,.... Or "in", or "upon thy knowledge {a} [it is] that I am not wicked"; it is a thing well known, quite clear, and manifest, without making such a search and inquiry: not that he thought himself without sin, and could appeal to the omniscience of God for the truth of …
436 wordsSECTION 122Job 10:8
Job 10:8 Ver. 8. Thine hands have made me, and fashioned together round about,.... This and what follow are an illustration of and an enlargement upon, the work of God's hands, made mention of in Job 10:3; and suggest reasons why it should not be despised by him, as well as confirm what was just now said, that none co…
734 wordsSECTION 123Job 10:9
Job 10:9 Ver. 9. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay,.... Not of the clay, though man was made originally of the dust of the earth, and the bodies of men are houses of clay, earthen vessels, and earthly tabernacles, but "as the clay"; either as the clay is wrought in the hand of the potter, an…
564 wordsSECTION 124Job 10:10
Job 10:10 Ver. 10. Hast thou not poured me out as milk,.... Expressing, in modest terms, his conception from the seed of his parents, comparable to milk, from being a liquid, and for its colour: and curdled me like cheese? that of the female being mixed with, and heated by the male, is hardened like the curd of which…
340 wordsSECTION 125Job 10:11
Job 10:11 Ver. 11. Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,.... The bones with flesh, which is the under garment, and the flesh with skin, which is the upper; which is artificially composed of intricate little arteries, veins, nerves, and glands, through which the blood continually circulates, and through innumerable…
551 wordsSECTION 126Job 10:12
Job 10:12 Ver. 12. Thou hast granted me life and favour,.... Or "lives" {q}; natural life; both in the womb, where and when he was quickened, and at his birth, when he was brought into the world, and began to live in it; the rational soul may be intended, by which he lived; which, when created and infused into man, an…
855 wordsSECTION 127Job 10:13
Job 10:13 Ver. 13. And these [things] thou hast hid in thine heart,.... Meaning, either the mercies and favours he had indulged him with; these he seemed to conceal and suppress the memory of, as if they had never been, by a different conduct and behaviour; or rather, these he had laid up in his mind and memory, and h…
4,159 wordsSECTION 128Job 11:1
Job 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOB 11 In this chapter Zophar the Naamathite, Job's third friend, attacks him, and the with great acrimony and severity, and with much indecency; he charges him not only with loquacity, and vain babbling, but with lying, and with scoffing at God, and good men, Job 11:1; which he attempts to s…
303 wordsSECTION 129Job 11:2
Job 11:2 Ver. 2. Should not the multitude of words be answered?.... Zophar insinuates, that Job was a mere babbler, a talkative man, that had words, but no matter; said a great deal, but there was nothing in what he said; that his words were but wind, yea, in effect that he was a fool, who is commonly full of words, a…
469 wordsSECTION 130Job 11:3
Job 11:3 Ver. 3. Should thy lies make men hold their peace?.... By which he means, either lies in common, untruths wilfully told, which are sins of a scandalous nature, which good men will not dare to commit knowingly; and to give a man, especially such a man, the lie, is very indecent; and to charge a man falsely wit…
484 wordsSECTION 131Job 11:4
Job 11:4 Ver. 4. For thou hast said,.... What follows is produced to support the charge, especially of lying, which seems to be founded on what he had said in Job 6:10; my doctrine [is] pure; free from error, unadulterated, unmixed, not blended with Heathenish principles and human doctrines; but tending to purity of …
548 wordsSECTION 132Job 11:5
Job 11:5 Ver. 5. But O that God would speak,.... To Job, and stop his mouth, so full of words; convict him of his lies, reprove him for his mocks and scoffs, and make him ashamed of them; refute his false doctrine and oppose it, and show him his folly and vanity in imagining it to be pure, and in conceit thinking hims…
305 wordsSECTION 133Job 11:6
Job 11:6 Ver. 6. And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom,.... Either of sound doctrine, in opposition to his own doctrine he had such a vain opinion of; and then he would see, as he thought, that it was not so pure as he imagined it to be: the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are the wisdom of God, the produ…
961 wordsSECTION 134Job 11:7
Job 11:7 Ver. 7. Canst thou by searching find out God?.... God is not to be found out by human search; that there is a God may be found out by inquiring into the book of nature, by considering the creatures that are made, who all proclaim some first cause or maker of them, who is God; but then it cannot be found out w…
753 wordsSECTION 135Job 11:8
Job 11:8 Ver. 8. [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do?.... Or, "is higher than the heavens" {i}; either the wisdom of God and the secrets of it; the perfection of his wisdom, by which he has made the heavens; or evangelical wisdom, hid in his heart, and which the highest of creatures, the angels, come at the …
274 wordsSECTION 136Job 11:9
Job 11:9 Ver. 9. The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Length is generally ascribed to the earth, and width to the sea; the ends of the earth are used for a great distance, and the sea is called the great and wide sea; see {k} Ps 72:1; but God and his perfections, particularly his w…
158 wordsSECTION 137Job 11:10
Job 11:10 Ver. 10. If he cut off,.... The horns, power, dominion, and authority of the wicked; or the spirits of princes, or kingdoms and states, whole nations, as he did the seven nations of Canaan; or families, as Job's, his servants, and his children; or particular persons, by diseases, or by judgments, by famine, …
683 wordsSECTION 138Job 11:11
Job 11:11 Ver. 11. For he knoweth vain men,.... Or, "men of vanity" {p}, as all men are; men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree a lie, and they are both lighter than vanity, Ps 62:9; and the Lord knows them, and knows them to be so; he knows all men, and all that is in them; he knows the vanity of their …
304 wordsSECTION 139Job 11:12
Job 11:12 Ver. 12. For vain man would be wise,.... Or "hollow" {r}, empty man; empty of all that is good, though full of all unrighteousness; without God, the knowledge, love, and fear of him; without Christ, the knowledge of him, faith in him, and love to him; destitute of the Spirit, and of his grace, having no good…
3,070 wordsSECTION 140Job 12:1
Job 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOB 12 In this and the two following chapter Job makes answer to Zophar's discourse in the former; who having represented him as an ignorant man, he resents it, and begins his defence with a biting sarcasm on him and his friends, as being self-conceited, and having an high opinion of their ow…
349 wordsSECTION 141Job 12:2
Job 12:2 Ver. 2. No doubt but ye [are] the people,.... Which is said not seriously, meaning that they were but of the common people, that are generally ignorant, and have but little knowledge, at least of things sublime, especially in matters of religion; wherefore, though they took upon them to be his teachers and di…
472 wordsSECTION 142Job 12:3
Job 12:3 Ver. 3. But I have understanding as well as you,.... A natural understanding, or an understanding of natural things, which distinguishes a man from a brute; and a spiritual understanding, an understanding enlightened by the spirit of God, which is naturally dark as to divine things; but he had an understandin…
673 wordsSECTION 143Job 12:4
Job 12:4 Ver. 4. I am [as] one mocked of his neighbour,.... That is, according to Sephorno, if I knew not, or denied those things you have been speaking of concerning God, his immensity, sovereignty, and wisdom, I should be derided by all my friends and acquaintance; but rather the sense is, Job instances in himself a…
680 wordsSECTION 144Job 12:5
Job 12:5 Ver. 5. He that is ready to slip with [his] feet,.... Not into sin, though this is often the case of good men, but into calamities and afflictions; and Job means himself, and every just upright man in the like circumstances: or he that is "prepared" or "destined" to be among them, that "totter" and stagger in…
454 wordsSECTION 145Job 12:6
Job 12:6 Ver. 6. The tabernacles of robbers prosper,.... Such as the Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had robbed Job of his substance, and filled their houses with the spoils of others, and lived in the greatest fulness and prosperity, and whom he might have in his view; and the like is what has been since observed by good …
379 wordsSECTION 146Job 12:7
Job 12:7 Ver. 7. But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee,.... And so the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, in this and Job 12:8; from those instructions may be learned, of instances taken, and examples given, which may illustrate and confirm the same things that had been treated of: either what ha…
489 wordsSECTION 147Job 12:8
Job 12:8 Ver. 8. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee,.... Or ask "a sprig of the earth" {n}, any shrub, or tree, or whatsoever grows out of it, and they will all unite in this doctrine, that they are raised and preserved by the power of God, and are so many instances of his wisdom, power, and goodness: and…
105 wordsSECTION 148Job 12:9
Job 12:9 Ver. 9. Who knoweth not in all these,.... Or "by" or "from all these" {o} creatures; what man is there so stupid and senseless, that does not discern, or cannot learn, even from irrational creatures, the above things, even what Zophar had discoursed concerning God and his perfections, his power, wisdom and pr…
217 wordsSECTION 149Job 12:10
Job 12:10 Ver. 10. In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing,.... Of every animal, of every brute creature, as distinct from man, in the next clause: the life of everyone of them is from him, and it is continued by him as long as he pleases, nor can it be taken away without his leave; two sparrows, which are n…
313 wordsSECTION 150Job 12:11
Job 12:11 Ver. 11. Doth not the ear try words?.... Articulate sounds; and the mind by them judges whether what is expressed and designed by them is right or wrong, true or false, to be received or rejected; so such that have spiritual ears to hear, try the words of God and men, the wholesome words of Christ, and those…
435 wordsSECTION 151Job 12:12
Job 12:12 Ver. 12. With the ancient [is] wisdom,.... Meaning not himself, who was not very ancient; though some think Eliphaz so understood him; hence those words of his, in Job 15:9; rather, as others, Job tacitly wishes that some ancient man, with whom wisdom was, would undertake to examine the affair between him an…
358 wordsSECTION 152Job 12:13
Job 12:13 Ver. 13. With him [is] wisdom and strength,.... Not with the ancient and long lived man, but with God, who has made the whole universe, and in whose hand and at whose dispose all creatures are, Job 12:9; with him wisdom is originally, essentially, and inderivatively, as the fountain and fulness of it; he is …
6,473 wordsSECTION 153Job 13:1
Job 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOB 13 Job begins this chapter by observing the extensiveness of his knowledge, as appeared from his preceding discourse, by which it was evident he was not less knowing than his friends, Job 13:1; and therefore would have nothing to do with them as judges in his cause, but would appeal to Go…
786 wordsSECTION 154Job 13:2
Job 13:2 Ver. 2. What ye know, [the same] do I know also,.... Concerning God and his perfections, his sovereignty, holiness, justice, wisdom, power, goodness, &c. and concerning his providences, and his dealings with men in an ordinary or in an extraordinary way: I [am] not inferior unto you; as might be deduced from…
64 wordsSECTION 155Job 13:3
Job 13:3 Ver. 3. Surely I would speak to the Almighty,.... Or "therefore I would speak" {l}, since he knew as much as his friends, and they knew no more than he, if so much, he would have no more to do with them, they should not be his judges; nor would he be determined by them, but would appeal to God, and plead his …
595 wordsSECTION 156Job 13:4
Job 13:4 Ver. 4. But ye [are] forgers of lies,.... This is a hard and very harsh saying; Job was now in a passion, provoked by his friends, and retorts upon them what they had charged him with, Job 11:3; so often in controversies and disputes between good men undue heats arise, and unbecoming words drop from their lip…
846 wordsSECTION 157Job 13:5
Job 13:5 Ver. 5. And that ye would altogether hold your peace,.... Since what they said of him was not true, nor anything to the purpose, or that tended to the comfort of his afflicted soul, but the reverse; and therefore he could have wished they had never broke silence, but continued as they were the first seven day…
137 wordsSECTION 158Job 13:6
Job 13:6 Ver. 6. Hear now my reasoning,.... Job entreats his friends that they would be no longer speakers, but hearers; that they would vouchsafe to sit still, and hear what he had to say; though he was greatly afflicted, he had not lost his reason, wisdom was not driven out from him, Job 6:13; he had still with him …
148 wordsSECTION 159Job 13:7
Job 13:7 Ver. 7. Will you speak wickedly for God?.... As he suggests they did; they spoke for God, and pleaded for the honour of his justice, by asserting he did not afflict good men, which they thought was contrary to his justice; but: then, at the same time, they spoke wickedly of Job, that he being afflicted of God…
162 wordsSECTION 160Job 13:8
Job 13:8 Ver. 8. Will ye accept his person?.... Accepting persons ought not to be done in judgment by earthly judges; which is done when they give a cause to one through favour and affection to his person, because rich, or their friend, and against another, because otherwise; and something like this Job intimates his …
262 wordsSECTION 161Job 13:9
Job 13:9 Ver. 9. Is it good that he should search you out?.... That is, God; searching is ascribed to him after the manner of men; not that he is ignorant of persons or things he searches after, or exercises that application, diligence, and industry, and takes those pains which are necessary in men to find out anythin…
575 wordsSECTION 162Job 13:10
Job 13:10 Ver. 10. He will surely reprove you,.... Or "in reproving he will reprove you" {r}; he will certainly do it, it may be depended upon, and be expected; he will never suffer sin to go unreproved and uncorrected; he will do it to the purpose, with sharpness and severity, as the nature of the crime requires; he …
325 wordsSECTION 163Job 13:11
Job 13:11 Ver. 11. Shall not his excellency make you afraid,.... To commit sin, any sin, and particularly that just mentioned, which they might expect to be reproved for; there is an excellency in the name of God, which is fearful and dreadful, and in the nature and perfections of God, his power, justice, and holiness…
395 wordsSECTION 164Job 13:12
Job 13:12 Ver. 12. Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes,.... Either of things they put Job in remembrance of, the mementos which they had suggested to him; see Job 4:7; or the things which they had brought forth out of their memories, the instances they had given of what had been in the world, the arguments, object…
449 wordsSECTION 165Job 13:13
Job 13:13 Ver. 13. Hold your peace, let me alone,.... Or, cease "from me" {i}: from speaking to me, or hindering me from speaking. Job might perceive, by some motions of his friends, that they were about to interrupt him; and therefore he desires they would be silent, and let him go on: that I may speak; or, "and I w…
6,199 wordsSECTION 166Job 14:1
Job 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOB 14 Job, having turned himself from his friends to God, continues his address to him in this chapter; wherein he discourses of the frailty of man, the shortness of his life, the troubles that are in it, the sinfulness of it, and its limited duration, beyond which it cannot continue; all wh…
1,366 wordsSECTION 167Job 14:2
Job 14:2 Ver. 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down,.... As the flower comes from the earth, so does man; as it comes out of the stalk, so man out of his mother's womb; as the flower flourishes for a while, and looks gay and beautiful, so man while in youth, in health and prosperity. Job, doubtless, has re…
311 wordsSECTION 168Job 14:3
Job 14:3 Ver. 3. And dost thou open thine eyes on such an one,.... So frail and feeble, so short lived and sorrowful, so soon and easily cut down and destroyed: and by opening of his eyes is not meant his providential care of men; whose eyes indeed are everywhere, run to and fro throughout the earth, and are careful o…
416 wordsSECTION 169Job 14:4
Job 14:4 Ver. 4. Who can bring a clean [thing] out of an clean?.... Either produce a clean person from an unclean one: it is not to be expected that one, perfectly free from sin, should be generated by, or brought out of, one that is defiled with it; which is the case of all men; the first man, though made upright, si…
752 wordsSECTION 170Job 14:5
Job 14:5 Ver. 5. Seeing his days [are] determined,.... Or "cut out" {i}, exactly and precisely, how many he shall live, and what shall befall him every day of his life; whose life, because of the shortness of it, is rather measured by days than vents: the number of his months [are] with thee; before him, in his sight…
314 wordsSECTION 171Job 14:6
Job 14:6 Ver. 6. Turn from him, that he may rest,.... From this short lived afflicted man, whose days are limited, and will soon be at an end, meaning himself; not that he desires he would withdraw his gracious presence, nothing is more agreeable than this to a good man, and there is nothing he more deprecates than th…
932 wordsSECTION 172Job 14:7
Job 14:7 Ver. 7. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,.... That is, if it be cut down to the root, and only the stump of the root is left in the ground, as the tree in Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Da 4:15, yet the owner of it may entertain a hope that it is not utterly destroyed, but wi…
261 wordsSECTION 173Job 14:8
Job 14:8 Ver. 8. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,.... Lies long there, and is become dry, and seems to be consumed, on which account there may be the less hope of its flourishing: and the stock thereof die in the ground; which may make it still more improbable; for this is not to be understood with some …
178 wordsSECTION 174Job 14:9
Job 14:9 Ver. 9. [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud,.... As soon as it smells it, or perceives it, is sensible of it, or partakes of its efficacy; denoting both how speedily, and how easily, at once as it were, it buds forth through the virtue either of rain water that descends upon it, or river water by whi…
296 wordsSECTION 175Job 14:10
Job 14:10 Ver. 10. But man dieth, and wasteth away,.... All men, every man, "Geber", the mighty man, the strong man; some die in their full strength; the wise man, notwithstanding all his wisdom and knowledge, and even skill in the art of medicine; the rich man, with all his riches, with which he cannot bribe death, n…
534 wordsSECTION 176Job 14:11
Job 14:11 Ver. 11. [As] the waters fail from the sea,.... the words may be rendered either without the as, and denote dissimilitude, and the sense be, that the waters go from the sea and return again, as with the tide: and the flood decays and dries up; and yet is supplied again with water: "but man lieth down, and r…
165 wordsSECTION 177Job 14:12
Job 14:12 Ver. 12. So man lieth down,.... Or "and", or "but man lieth down" {b}; in the grave when he dies, as on a bed, and takes his rest from all his labours, toil and troubles, and lies asleep, and continues so till the resurrection morn: and riseth not; from off his bed, or comes not out of his grave into this w…
470 wordsSECTION 178Job 14:13
Job 14:13 Ver. 13. And that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,.... The house appointed for all living, which some understand by the "chambers" in Isa 26:20; The cemeteries or dormitories of the saints, where they lie and sleep until the indignation of God against a wicked world is over and past; or in Hades, the stat…
4,906 wordsSECTION 179Job 15:1
Job 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO JOB 15 Job's three friends having in their turns attacked him, and he having given answer respectively to them, Eliphaz, who began the attack, first enters the debate with him again, and proceeds upon the same plan as before, and endeavours to defend his former sentiments, falling upon Job wi…
413 wordsSECTION 180Job 15:2
Job 15:2 Ver. 2. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge,.... As Job had been thought to be, or as he himself thought he was, which he might say sarcastically; or as he really was, not worldly wise, nor merely wise in things natural, but in things divine; being one that had the fear of God, which is the beginning of wi…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.