Oh that: Job 13:3, Job 16:21, Job 40:1-5; Isaiah 26:8; Jeremiah 14:7
that I might: Job 31:35-37
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Job 23:3
Job 23:3
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notice of his friends, either because he saw it was to no purpose or
because he liked the good counsel Eliphaz gave him in the close of his…Job 23 — OverviewJob 23 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 23:1, Job longs to appear before God, Job 23:6, in confidence of his mercy; Job 23:8, God, who is invisible, observes our ways; Job 23:11, Job’s innocency; Job 23:13, God’s decree is immutable.Job 23 — OverviewJob 23 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis and the following chapter contain Job's reply to the last oration of Eliphaz; in this he first declares his present sorrowful estate and conditionJob 23:1-7Job 23:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob is confident that he has wrong done him by his friends, and
therefore, ill as he is, he will not give up the cause, nor let them
have the last word. Here,
I. He justifies his own resentments of his trouble…Job 23:1-7Job 23:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob to Eliphaz: 1. The experience of a seeker after God.
I. GREAT SORROW. (Verse 2.) Two wonders.
1. An afflicted man a seeker after God. Designed to recall men to God (Job 36:8, Job 36:9; Isaiah 19:22; Jeremiah 2:27;…Job 23:1-17Job 23:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his complaints, first,…