Hold your peace: Heb. Be silent from me
and let come: Job 6:9-10, Job 7:15-16
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Job 13:13
Job 13:13
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Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob here comes to make application of what he had said in the foregoing
chapter; and now we have him not in so good a temper as he was in then:
for, I. He is very bold with his friends, comparing himself with…Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 13:1, Job reproves his friends for partiality; Job 13:14, He professes his confidence in God; and entreats to know his own sins, and God’s purpose in afflicting him.Job 13 — OverviewJob 13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleJob begins this chapter by observing the extensiveness of his knowledge, as appeared from his preceding discourse, by which it was evident he was not less knowing than his friendsJob 13:13-22Job 13:13-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob here takes fresh hold, fast hold, of his integrity, as one that was
resolved not to let it go, nor suffer it to be wrested from him. His
firmness in this matter is commendable and his warmth excusable.
I. He…Job 13:13Job 13:13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblethough the phrase may be rendered, as it is sometimes, "within myself", see Ho 11:8; ; and then the sense may be, shall I leave my inward moan within myself, and no longer contain? I will give myself vent; and though I…Job 13:13Job 13:13 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleHold your peace, let me alone,.... Or, cease "from me" : from speaking to me, or hindering me from speaking. Job might perceive, by some motions of his friends, that they were about to interrupt him; and therefore he…