Bible Commentaries
Job 13

Verse 1

Lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .

all this. Some codices, with Syriac and Vulgate, read "all these things". Compare Job 33:29 .

Verse 3

THE ALMIGHTY. Hebrew. Shaddai. App-4 .

Verse 4

forgers of = besmearers with. Occurs only here, Job 14:7 and Psalms 119:69 .

Verse 5

O. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6 .

Verse 7

Will ye . . . ? Figure of speech, Erotesis. App-6 .

Verse 9

Is it . . . ? Figure of speech, Erotesis. App-6 .

mocketh = befooleth.

another. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 .

Verse 12

remembrances = memorable or weighty sayings.

like unto ashes = similitudes of ashes: i.e. light.

bodies = defences. Hebrew. gab = mounds. Add "[like to] clay defences ": i.e. weak.

Verse 14

Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .

take my flesh in my teeth. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6 . Still preserved in Arabic for rushing into danger. Like the next clause, which is a proverb preserved in English.

life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 .

hand. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hands" (plural)

Verse 15

trust in Him = wait for Him. Hebrew. yahal. See App-69 .

Verse 17

Hear diligently. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . "Hear ye, hearing": i.e. Listen attentively; or, give diligent heed. Compare Isaiah 6:9 . See note on Genesis 26:28 .

declaration = opinion. Occurs only here.

Verse 18

ordered = set in order.

Verse 19

Who . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .

give up the ghost = to expire. See note on Job 3:11 .

Verse 23

How many . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .

Verse 27

settest a print = they make a print on my feet.

Verse 28

He, &c. = they (my feet) waste away.