a byword: Job 30:9; 1 Kings 9:7; Psalms 44:14
aforetime: or, before them
as a tabret: Genesis 31:27; Isaiah 5:12
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Job 17:6
Job 17:6
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Job 17 — OverviewJob 17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter, I. Job reflects upon the harsh censures which his
friends had passed upon him, and looking upon himself as a dying man
(ver. 1), he appeals to God, and begs of him speedily to appear for
him,…Job 17 — OverviewJob 17 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 17:1, Job appeals from men to God; Job 17:6, The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not discourage the righteous; Job 17:11, His hope is not in life, but in death.Job 17:1-9Job 17:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob's discourse is here somewhat broken and interrupted, and he passes
suddenly from one thing to another, as is usual with men in trouble;
but we may reduce what is here said to three heads:--
I. The deplorable…Job 17:1-16Job 17:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 17:1-16Job 17:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-22. It is occupied mainly with Job's complaints of his treatment by his friends, and his lamentations over his sufferings…Job 17:1-16Job 17:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob to God: 3. The requiem of a dying man.
I. ANTICIPATING HIS IMMEDIATE DISSOLUTION. With three pathetic sighs the patriarch bemoans his dying condition.
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