goes on in this to treat of his frailty and mortality, and to improve it into an argument with God for pity and mercy, as appears from
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Job 13:28
Job 13:28
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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 13:23-28Job 13:23-28 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. Job enquires after his sins, and begs to have them discovered
to him. He looks up to God, and asks him what was the number of them
(How many are my iniquities?) and what were the particulars of them:…Job 13:28Job 13:28 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeAnd he: Job 30:17-19, Job 30:29-30; Numbers 12:12
as a garment: Job 4:19; Psalms 39:11; Hosea 5:12Job 13:28Job 13:28 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd he as a rotten thing consumeth,.... This by some Jewish writers is referred to and connected with the driven leaf and dry stubble Job compares himself to