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Job 23:12
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I have not departed from the commands from his lips;I have treasured the words from his mouthmore than my daily food.
I haven't gone back from the mitzvah of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
I have never left the commands he has spoken; I have treasured his words more than my own.
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.
"I have not departed from the commandment of His lips; I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
"I have not failed the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
I have not departed from the command of His lips;I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion of food.
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
and I have always treasured his teachings.
I don't withdraw from his lips' command; I treasure his words more than my daily food.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.
I always obey his commands. I love the words from his mouth more than I love my food.
I have not despised the commandments of his lips; neither have I departed from his will, and have kept the words of his mouth.
I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.
From the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
nor have I departed from the command of His lips; I treasured the Words of His mouth more than my portion.
I haue not forsaken the comaundemet of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.
I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food.
I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode.
neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Y yede not awei fro the comaundementis of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth.
I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.
I have not turned away from the words of His lips. I have stored up the words of His mouth. They are worth more to me than the food I need.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Neither: John 6:66-69, John 8:31, Acts 14:22, Hebrews 10:38, Hebrews 10:39, 1 John 2:19
I have esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up, Job 22:22, Psalms 19:9, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:103, Psalms 119:127, Jeremiah 15:16, John 4:32, John 4:34, 1 Peter 2:2
necessary food: or, appointed portion, Luke 12:42, Luke 12:46
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:33 - General 1 Kings 9:4 - And if thou 1 Kings 13:9 - For Ezra 10:6 - he did eat Nehemiah 8:12 - because Job 1:1 - perfect Job 1:8 - upright Job 4:6 - the uprightness Job 6:10 - have not concealed Job 24:13 - nor abide Job 33:9 - clean Psalms 1:2 - But his Psalms 19:7 - law Psalms 37:23 - steps Psalms 40:8 - I delight Psalms 44:18 - have Psalms 94:15 - and all Psalms 119:14 - rejoiced Psalms 119:20 - at all times Psalms 119:47 - which Psalms 119:143 - yet thy Proverbs 2:1 - hide Proverbs 2:10 - General Proverbs 10:21 - feed Isaiah 38:3 - I have Ezekiel 3:3 - it was Matthew 6:11 - General Luke 8:15 - keep John 15:7 - my Acts 17:11 - they received Romans 7:22 - I delight Colossians 3:16 - dwell Revelation 10:9 - Take
Cross-References
So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,
Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.
Then Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips,.... From any of the commandments his lips had uttered; meaning not the ten commandments given to Israel, which perhaps as yet were not given, or had not come to the knowledge of Job; some speak of the seven commandments, given to the sons of Noah; :-. It seems to design any and every commandment that God had given to Noah or Abraham, or any of the patriarchs, before the times of Job, and which he had knowledge of, and which he carefully observed, kept close to, and did not deviate from; but made it the rule of his walk and practice:
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food]; the words of the Lord, the doctrines of grace that came from his mouth, are food for faith; there are in them milk for babes, and meat for strong men; they are savoury, salutary, and wholesome words, by which the people of God are nourished up unto eternal life; and they are esteemed by them more than the food that is necessary and convenient for their bodies; see Proverbs 30:8; for as the soul is preferable to the body, so the food of the one is preferable to the food of the other, and is sweeter, as the words of God are, to the taste of a believer, than honey, or the honeycomb: or "I have hid or laid up, the words of his mouth" b; he had laid them up in his heart, in order to meditate upon them, and receive comfort and spiritual nourishment from them when he should want it, as men lay up their food in a proper place against the time they want it for their support and refreshment; and Job was more careful to lay up the one than the other; see Psalms 119:11; here Job meets with, and has respect unto, the advice of Eliphaz, Job 22:22; and signifies that he had no need to have given him it, he had done this already.
b צפנתי "abscondi", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Bolducius; "recondidi", Tigurine version, Beza, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Mercerus, Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens so Broughton.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Neither have I gone back - I have not put away or rejected.
The commandment of his lips - That which he has spoken, or which has proceeded out of his mouth.
I have esteemed - Margin, “hid,” or, “laid up.” The Hebrew is, “I have hid,” as we hide or lay up that which is valuable. It is a word often applied to laying up treasures, or concealing them so that they would be safe.
More than my necessary food - Margin, “or, appointed portion.” Dr. Good renders it, “In my bosom have I laid up the words of his mouth.” So Noyes, “The words of his mouth I have treasured up in my bosom.” So Wemyss; and so it is rendered in the Vulgate, and by the Septuagint. The variety in the translation has arisen from the difference of reading in regard to the Hebrew word מחקי mēchôqı̂y. Instead of this meaning “more than my portion” or “allowance,” the Septuagint and Vulgate appear to have read בחקי bēchôqı̂y - “in my bosom.” But there is no authority for the change, and there seems to be no reason for it. The word חק chôq, means something decreed, designated, appointed; then an appointed portion, as of labor, Exodus 5:14; then of food - an allowance of food, Proverbs 30:8; then a limit, bound, law, statute, etc. It seems to me that the word here means “purpose, intention, rule, or design,” and that the idea is that he had regarded the commands of God more “than his own purposes.” He had been willing to sacrifice his own designs to the will of God, and had thus shown his preference for God and his law. This sense seems to be the most simple of any, and it is surprising that it has not occurred to any expositors. So the same word is used in Job 23:14. If this be the meaning, it expresses a true sentiment of piety in all ages. He who is truly religious is willing to sacrifice and abandon his own plans at the command of God. Job says that he was conscious of having done this, and he thus had a firm conviction that he was a pious man.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 23:12. The commandment of his lips — The written law that proceeded from his own mouth.
I have esteemed the words of his mouth — Mr. Good has given a better version of the original: In my bosom have I stored up the words of his mouth. The Asiatics carry every thing precious or valuable in their bosom, their handkerchiefs, jewels, purses, &c. Job, therefore, intimates that the words of God's mouth were to him a most precious treasure.
