Job makes a solemn protestation of his integrity in several duties

a covenant Ge 6:2 2Sa 11:2-4 Ps 119:37 Pr 4:25 23:31-33 Mt 5:28,29 1Jo 2:16

think Pr 6:25 Jas 1:14,15

2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

20:29 27:13 Heb 13:4

3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

destruction 21:30 Ps 55:23 73:18 Pr 1:27 10:29 21:15 Mt 7:13 Ro 9:22 1Th 5:3 2Th 1:9 2Pe 2:1

a strange Isa 28:21 Jude 1:7

4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

14:16 34:21 Ge 16:13 2Ch 16:9 Ps 44:21 139:1-3 Pr 5:21 15:3 Jer 16:17 32:19 Joh 1:48 Heb 4:13

5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

If Ps 7:3-5

walked Ps 4:2 12:2 44:20,21 Pr 12:11 Jer 2:5 Eze 13:8

6 Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

Let me be weighed in an even balance. Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice 1Sa 2:3 Ps 7:8,9 17:2,3 26:1 Pr 16:11 Isa 26:7 Da 5:27 Mic 6:11

know Jos 22:22 Ps 1:6 139:23 Mt 7:23 2Ti 2:19

7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;

If my Ps 44:20,21

mine heart Nu 15:39 Ec 11:9 Eze 6:9 14:3,7 Mt 5:29

cleaved Ps 101:3 Isa 33:15

8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.

let me 5:5 24:6 Le 26:16 De 28:30-33,38,51 Jud 6:3-6 Mic 6:15

let my 5:4 15:30 18:19 Ps 109:13

9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

If mine Jud 16:5 1Ki 11:4 Ne 13:26 Pr 2:16-19 5:3 *etc: Pr 6:25 7:21 22:14 Ec 7:26

if I 24:15,16 Jer 5:8 Ho 7:4

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

grind Ex 11:5 Isa 47:2 Mt 24:41

and let 2Sa 12:11 Jer 8:10 Ho 4:13,14

11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

an heinous Ge 20:9 26:10 39:9 Ex 20:14 Pr 6:29-33

an iniquity 28 Ge 38:24 Le 20:10 De 22:22-24 Eze 16:38

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Pr 3:33 6:27 Jer 5:7-9 Mal 3:5 Heb 13:4

13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

the cause Ex 21:20,21,26,27 Le 25:43,46 De 15:12-15 Jer 34:14-17 Eph 6:9 Col 4:1

when (In ancient times slaves had no action at law against their owners; but Job admitted them to all civil rights, and permitted them to complain even against himself.)

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

What then 9:32 10:2 Ps 7:6 9:12,19 10:12-15 44:21 76:9 143:2 Isa 10:3 Zec 2:13

when he Ho 9:7 Mic 7:4 Mr 7:2 Jas 2:13

what shall Ro 3:19

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Did not he 34:19 Ne 5:5 Pr 14:31 22:2 Isa 58:7 Mal 2:10

did not one fashion us in the womb? or, did he not fashion us in one womb? 10:8-12 Ps 139:14-16

16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

withheld 22:7-9 De 15:7-10 Ps 112:9 Lu 16:21 Ac 11:29 Ga 2:10

the eyes De 28:32 Ps 69:3 119:82,123 Isa 38:14 La 4:17

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

have De 15:11,14 Ne 8:10 Lu 11:41 Joh 13:29 Ac 4:32

the fatherless 29:13-16 Eze 18:7,16 Ro 12:13 Jas 1:27 1Jo 3:17

18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

her. that is, the widow

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

22:6 2Ch 28:15 Isa 58:7 Mt 25:36,43 Lu 3:11 Ac 9:39 Jas 2:16 1Jo 3:18

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

29:11 De 24:13

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

lifted 6:27 22:9 24:9 29:12 Pr 23:10,11 Jer 5:28 Eze 22:7

when Mic 2:1,2 7:3

22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

let 10,40 Jos 22:22,23 Ps 7:4,5 137:6

bone. or, chanel bone

23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

destruction 20:23 21:20 Ge 39:9 Ps 119:120 Isa 13:6 Joe 1:15 2Co 5:11

by 13:11 40:9 42:5,6 Ps 76:7

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

Ge 31:1 De 8:12-14 Ps 49:6,7,17 52:7 62:10 Pr 10:15 11:28 30:9 Mr 10:24 Lu 12:15 Col 3:5 1Ti 6:10,17

25 If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

rejoiced Es 5:11 Pr 23:5 Jer 9:23 Eze 28:5 Lu 12:19 16:19,25

because De 8:17,18 Isa 10:13,14 Da 4:30 Ho 12:8 Hab 1:16

gotten much. Heb. found much

26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

beheld Ge 1:16-18 De 4:19 11:16 17:3 2Ki 23:5,11 Jer 8:2 Eze 8:16

sun. Heb. light. the moon Ps 8:3,4 Jer 44:17

in brightness. Heb. bright

27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

my heart De 11:16 13:6 Isa 44:20 Ro 1:21,28

my mouth hath kissed my hand. Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth 1Ki 19:18 Ps 2:12 Ho 13:2

28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

an 11 9:15 23:7 Ge 18:25 De 17:2-7,9 Jud 11:27 Ps 50:6 Heb 12:23

for Jos 24:23,27 Pr 30:9 Tit 1:16 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 2:23 Jude 1:4

29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

2Sa 1:12 4:10,11 16:5-8 Ps 35:13,14,25,26 Pr 17:5 24:17,18

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

have Ex 23:4,5 Mt 5:43,44 Ro 12:14 1Pe 2:22,23 3:9

mouth. Heb. palate Ec 5:2,6 Mt 5:22 12:36 Jas 3:6,9,10

31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

the men 1Sa 24:4,10 26:8 2Sa 16:9,10 19:21,22 Jer 40:15,16 Lu 9:54,55 22:50,51

Oh 19:22 Ps 27:2 35:25 Pr 1:11,12,18 Mic 3:2,3

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

The stranger 17,18 Ge 19:2,3 Jud 19:15,20,21 Isa 58:7 Mt 25:35,40,44,45 Ro 12:13 1Ti 5:10 Heb 13:2 1Pe 4:9

traveller. or, way

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

covered Ge 3:7,8,12 Jos 7:11 Pr 28:13 Ho 6:7 Ac 5:8 1Jo 1:8-10

as Adam. or, after the manner of men Ho 6:7

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

Did I Ex 23:2 Pr 29:25 Jer 38:4,5,16,19 Mt 27:20-26

the contempt 22:8 34:19 Ex 32:27 Nu 25:14,15 Ne 5:7 13:4-8,28 2Co 5:16

that I Es 4:11,14 Pr 24:11,12 Am 5:11-13 Mic 7:3

35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

Oh 13:3 17:3 23:3-7 33:6 38:1-3 40:4,5

my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me. or, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me 13:21,22 Ps 26:1

mine 13:24 19:11,23,24 33:10,11 Mt 5:25

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

I Ex 28:12 Isa 22:22

a crown 29:14 Isa 62:3 Php 4:1

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

declare 9:3 13:15 14:16 42:3-6 Ps 19:12

as a Ge 32:28 Eph 3:12 Heb 4:15,16 1Jo 3:19-21

38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

cry 20:27 Hab 2:11 Jas 5:4

complain. Heb. weep Ps 65:13

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

fruits. Heb. strength Ge 4:12

caused the owners thereof to lose their life. Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breathe out 1Ki 21:13-16,19 Pr 1:19 Isa 26:21 Eze 22:6,12,13

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

thistles (Choach, probably the black thorn.) See on 2Ki 14:9 Ge 3:17,18 Isa 7:23 Zep 2:9 Mal 1:3

cockle. or, noisome weeds. The Ps 72:20