Job 29:1--31:40
Then <03254> [continued. Heb. added to take up.]
months <03391> [as in months.]
God <0433> [God.]
lamp <05216> [candle. or, lamp.]
light <0216> [by his light.]
intimate friendship <05475> [the secret.]
Almighty <07706> [the Almighty.]
children <05288> [my children.]
bathed <07364> [I washed.]
poured out <06694> [me out. Heb. with me.]
young men <05288> [young men.]
old men <03453> [the aged.]
refrained <06113> [refrained.]
covered <07760> [laid.]
voices .... nobles ... silent <02244 06963 05057> [nobles held their peace. Heb. voice of the nobles was hid. their tongue.]
ear <0241> [the ear.]
rescued <04422> [I delivered.]
orphan <03490> [the fatherless.]
blessing <01293> [The blessing.]
descended <06> [ready.]
widow's <0490> [I caused.]
rejoice <07442> [sing.]
put on ..... clothed <03847> [I put.]
turban <06797> [a diadem.]
eyes <05869> [eyes.]
father <01> [a father.]
case <07379> [the cause.]
broke <07665> [I brake.]
fangs <04973> [jaws. Heb. jaw teeth, or grinders. and plucked. Heb. and cast.]
die <01478> [I shall die.]
numerous <07235> [multiply.]
grains of sand <02344> [as the sand.]
roots <08328> [root.]
reach <06605> [spread out. Heb. opened.]
glory <03519> [glory.]
fresh <02319> [fresh. Heb. new. my bow.]
ever new <02498> [renewed. Heb. changed.]
listened <08085> [gave ear.]
After .... spoken <0310 01697> [After my.]
words <04405> [speech.]
rain <04306> [as for the rain.]
spring rains <04456> [the latter rain.]
believed <0539> [they believed.]
light <0216> [the light.]
chose ... way <0977 01870> [chose out.]
lived <07931> [dwelt.]
comforts <05162> [one that.]
younger <06810> [they that are.]
mock ...... younger <06810 07832> [younger than I. Heb. of fewer days than I. whose.]
gaunt <01565> [solitary. or, dark as the night.]
gnaw .... land <06207 06723> [fleeing into.]
former time <0570> [in former time. Heb. yesternight.]
herbs <04408> [mallows.]
The Hebrew {mallu„ch,} in Arabic, {malluch,} and in Syriac {mallucho,} is probably the [Lalima or Lalimos] of the Greeks, and {halimus} of the Romans, which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the leaves of which are boiled and eaten.
root .... broom tree <08328 07574> [juniper roots.]
The Hebrew {rothem,} in Arabic, {ratim,} and in Spanish, {retama,} most probably signifies the {genista} or broom, which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia.
food <03899> [for their meat.]
banished <01644> [driven.]
live <07931> [dwell.]
holes <02356> [caves. Heb. holes.]
brayed <05101> [brayed.]
nettles <02738> [the nettles.]
{Charul} probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble: so Vulgate renders it by {spina} or {sentis,} (Pr 24:31. Zep 2:9.) Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the {paliurus,} a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is," says Denon, "that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable."
Sons ...... people <01121> [children.]
senseless <05036> [fools.]
nameless <08034> [base men. Heb. men of no name. viler.]
taunt song <05058> [am I.]
detest me ..... distance <08581 07368> [abhor me.]
me ..... distance <07368> [flee far.]
hesitate ... spit .... face <07536 06440 02820> [spare not to spit in my face. Heb. withhold not spittle from my face.]
untied <06605> [loosed.]
throw off <07971> [let loose.]
rise up <06965> [rise.]
build up <05549> [they raise up.]
succeed <03276> [they set forward.]
wide <07342> [as a wide.]
Terrors <01091> [Terrors.]
honor <05082> [soul. Heb. principal one. as a cloud.]
soul <05315> [my soul.]
take hold <0270> [have taken hold.]
bones <06106> [My bones.]
Night <03915> [in the night season.]
<07230> [By the great.]
He ... flung ..... mud <03384 02563> [cast me.]
dust <06083> [dust.]
cry out <07768> [I cry.]
become cruel <0393 02015> [become cruel. Heb. turned to be cruel.]
strength .... hand <03027 06108> [thy strong hand. Heb. the strength of thy hand.]
pick <05375> [liftest me.]
ride <07392> [to ride.]
<08454> [substance. or, wisdom.]
bringing <01004> [the house.]
<01164> [grave. Heb. heap. they cry.]
wept <01058> [Did not I.]
unfortunate <07186> [in trouble. Heb. hard of day. was.]
hoped <06960> [When I looked.]
light <0216> [light.]
brother <0251> [a brother.]
ostriches <01323> [owls. or, ostriches.]
{Benoth y„ƒnah,} in Arabic, {bintu n„ƒmatin,} not owls, but ostriches, so called from their doleful and hideous noises. "I have often," says Dr. Shaw, "heard them groan as if they were in the greatest agonies."
skin <05785> [my skin.]
body <06106> [my bones.]
covenant <01285> [a covenant.]
then could ... entertain <0995> [think.]
misfortune <0343> [destruction.]
disaster <05235> [a strange.]
walked ....... foot <01980 07272> [If.]
walked <01980> [walked.]
weigh .... honest scales <08254 06664 03976> [Let me be weighed in an even balance. Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice.]
discover <03045> [know.]
footsteps <0838> [If my.]
heart <03820> [mine heart.]
defiled <01692> [cleaved.]
sow <02232> [let me.]
crops <06631> [let my.]
heart <03820> [If mine.]
lain in wait <0693> [if I.]
millstone <02912> [grind.]
another .... may other <0312> [and let.]
shameful <02154> [an heinous.]
iniquity <05771> [an iniquity.]
right <04941> [the cause.]
<07379> [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.
do <06213> [What then.]
intervenes <06485> [when he.]
respond <07725> [what shall.]
made ...... make ... Did <06213> [Did not he.]
same ... form ..... womb <03559 07358 0259> [did not one fashion us in the womb? or, did he not fashion us in one womb?]
refused <04513> [withheld.]
eyes <05869> [the eyes.]
ate .......... share <0398> [have.]
orphans <03490> [the fatherless.]
mother's <0517> [her. that is, the widow.]
vote <05130> [lifted.]
saw <07200> [when.]
arm <03802> [let.]
socket <07070> [bone. or, chanel bone.]
calamity <0343> [destruction.]
majesty <07613> [by.]
rejoiced <08055> [rejoiced.]
wealth ... hand <02428 03027> [because.]
wealth ........... gained <03524 04672> [gotten much. Heb. found much.]
looked <07200> [beheld.]
sun <0216> [sun. Heb. light. the moon.]
precious <03368> [in brightness. Heb. bright.]
heart <03820> [my heart.]
hand ..... kiss .... mouth <05401 03027 06310> [my mouth hath kissed my hand. Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth.]
iniquity <05771> [an.]
false <03584> [for.]
permitted <05414> [have.]
mouth <02441> [mouth. Heb. palate.]
members <04962> [the men.]
were <05414> [Oh.]
stranger <01616> [The stranger.]
traveler <0734> [traveller. or, way.]
covered <03680> [covered.]
men <0121> [as Adam. or, after the manner of men.]
terrified <06206> [Did I.]
contempt <0937> [the contempt.]
silent <01826> [that I.]
had <05414> [Oh.]
signature ..... answer <06030 08420> [my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me. or, my sign is that the Almighty will answer me.]
accuser <0376> [mine.]
<05375> [I.]
crown <05850> [a crown.]
give <05046> [declare.]
prince <05057> [as a.]
cried out <02199> [cry.]
wept <01058> [complain. Heb. weep.]
produce <03581> [fruits. Heb. strength.]
death .... owners <05301 05315 01167> [caused the owners thereof to lose their life. Heb. caused the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or breathe out.]
thorns <02336> [thistles.]
{Choach,} probably the black thorn. (See on 2 Ki 14:9.)
weeds <0890> [cockle. or, noisome weeds. The.]
