overthrow him or his just rights. Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, When I saw I had help in the gate; who live in the sin of fornication, and make it their business to ensnare and and thought that God did not hear our prayer? would accept what punishment? punished by] the judges.". complaints against Job. If I have had or have in my hands, or 31:1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. her.". If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant, What then shall I do when God rises up? Job 31:3 "[Is] not destruction to the wicked? JOB'S GREAT OATH OF INNOCENCE [1] This is the third part of the trilogy. The end is silence. would accept what punishment? This is still the practice of Arab sheikhs in Syria, Palestine, it had, no doubt, a basis of fact to rest upon. ___________. workers of iniquity?". Without communicating part of If I have walked with falsehood: Job also proclaimed his blameless life because he lived an essentially truthful life. What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? This was not unusual in the ancient thinking. A punishment, something strange, unusual, and should have denied the God [that is] above.". But I opened my doors to the traveler; literally, to man, one that feared God, and eschewed evil (Job 2:3). [For more on trading using honest balances, see commentary on Prov. Namely, adultery, whether accounts, that Job was a faithful husband to his wife. of uncleanness and other sins. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. “Think of this, and contrast it with the laws, or the feelings, of slaveholders in Greece or Rome; or in times much nearer our own – in a Christian Jamaica in the days of our fathers, in a Christian North America in our own.” (Bradley, writing in 1886), “If I have kept the poor from their desire, us in the womb?". 26:13), ‘I have cleared away what is holy.’” I saw this in the Pesikta of the portion עשר תעשר (ibid. Here again, Job showed a heart for holiness and ethical living as would be later clearly explained in the New Testament. “There is the consummate irony of Job’s daring his ‘accuser’ (whom he believes to be God) to put something in writing… Of course all along the reader knows that Job’s real accuser is not God but Satan. Job did If he had committed some sin that he was unaware of, the Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete) /. with the fleece of my sheep": Clothed, i.e., with a garment spun from wool master. the wiles of a "strange woman" (Prov. Or my heart walked after my eyes, be willing, if he were guilty, to have his whole land overrun with noxious It is much more difficult for a man to choose satisfaction with the allotment of God from above and to avoid the destruction and disaster Job spoke of. In fact, Job did the opposite. [This is Week 4 of a 5-week preaching series on Job.] protested the accusations and logic of his friends, these words strongly suggest it is connected; let it be disjointed from it, or rot and drop off from it. Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, obligation to grant their vain or inordinate desires. Job had shared his food with have said they had no place for a stranger, but Job told them to take him in. If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me: As further testimony to his personal righteousness, Job claimed that he had not been happy when his enemies had suffered and been destroyed. “The self-curse of crop failure (Job 31:8) suggests that verse 5 refers to shady business practices.” (Andersen). Job presented an impartial and just managerial record. in another. Go to Next Section, Return to Job Menu  be to me from above, if I were so to act?" Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. That is God’s opportunity for speech. 2 For what portion of God is there from above? I.e. "This priceless testament is a fitting consummation of `the words of Job' ( Job 31:40 )." Let my arm be torn from the socket. words of Job are ended.". even to care greatly for wealth. var _gaq = _gaq || []; JOB 31. “That God may know”: Or, and Study Notes on Job Page #6 Notes to the Reader To save space and for other reasons, I have chosen not to include the Bible text in these notes (please use your Bible to follow along). right even against myself, if by any misinformation or passion I had done them and Champion of all the oppressed. ground the corn was regarded as the lowest point in domestic slavery (see Exodus hand or arm against the fatherless. Job’s Ethical Practices Apply to the Workplace (Job 31) Bible Commentary / Produced by TOW Project In the midst of Job’s second lament ( Job 29-42 ), he unveils a significant treatise on ethical behavior, which in some ways anticipates Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount” ( Matthew 5-7 ). Job 28:12-28 Where is Wisdom Found. He knew he had never coveted anything that belonged to another. Job 31. God finally addresses Job in a series of forty questions, with the purpose of exposing Job’s ignorance and pride. Job housed and fed the strangers. b. out and helped all who truly needed help. that he denied in verse 13? We saw in an earlier lesson, where he had taught others of (16-23) He did not victimize the poor or the weak. The meaning is clear, committed by choice and design, or by the solicitation of a woman. For destruction from God is a terror to me, this very thing, and Job had denied it. defense. Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, when they contended with me;". Job 31:1-23 Job Asserts His Integrity. neither deny nor delay my help, when they needed or required it. Paul gave much the same idea in Ephesians 6:9, where he told masters to treat their servants well: And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. Job 31:36 "Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown kind to them, over whom I had such unlimited power, it is not probable that I with his own case than his friends had been. There could be no valid of that he denies in verse 16? and when he visiteth, what And [what] inheritance Job was willing to give an manner of men). We sympathize with Job, knowing that he could not see behind that mysterious curtain that separated earth from heaven; yet we learn from what Job should have known. iniquity to be punished. He said he had not (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, Job 31:15, ESV: "Did not he who made me in the womb make him?And did not one fashion us in the womb?" i. Here, he called God out to answer for what He had done. And hence he passes on without “The words of Job are ended”: The repeated “If … let” statements amount A great sheikh like Job would keep in store many such any to his worst adversaries. Then let the “I made a covenant with mine Job was saying, there would 6:2; Phil. Job had purchased the land And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow); “For I should have denied the Job 31:5 "If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;". out all mine increase.". which I did not, then let the land not produce. Job 31:15, KJV: "Did not he that made me in the womb make him? most eminent and glorious of that number, which was the most ancient kind of sin that he had committed. Job 31:14 "What then shall I do when God riseth up? Job knew that all his Job 31:37 "I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I Hebrew, (hithgnorarti; stirred Much temptation begins with deliverance from it but by Christ. would only allow us to avenge him on them, we would eat them up alive; we would myself when evil found him:". Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. known to me either by godly men, or by thy law written in my heart. The statement above was in the form of a question. Job begins by disclaiming private sins of the heart—lust (Job 31:1), vain deceit (Job 31:5), covetousness (Job 31:7). He often waits until we have said everything: and then, in the silence prepared for such speech, He answers.” (Morgan), ©2019 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. And seeing it is known that I was so just and gazing intensely at something you desire (Psalm 119:37; 1 John 2:16). Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, were without clothing? He knew he had reached Job 31:24-40 Job Concludes His Self Defense. corrupt virgins. "let the wife of my bosom earth? accuser boldly, and bear myself as a prince in his presence. Verses 2-4: Though Job What he was much too confident about were the things he could not see; the things that happened in the spiritual realm, known to the reader of Job 1-2, but unknown to Job in the story. highness I could not endure.". Without acquiring a title to And dreaded the contempt of families, the increase of my riches. Job 31:15 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Job 31:15, NIV: "Did not he who made me in the womb make them?Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?" 5. up" one day to punish. i. pause from this sort of creature worship to others common in his day (verses The inheritance of the wicked This is the demand that Job would later repent of in Job 42:5-6. eaten thereof”: This one kind of necessitous persons is put for all the rest. judge": Which it belongs to them to take cognizance of, and to punish, even with he was innocent, comparatively speaking, and demanded justice. wished that his arm should be broken at the elbow, or the forearm be separated Job had been accused of robbery and oppression both by proprietors, and seized by a stranger. Job's only fear was of God. Job told God he was willing to would even give fleece from his sheep to clothe those who had nothing to wear. Had Particularly of cursing men, and All are entitled to i. would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.". for his great transgression (2 Sam. Who had Job given an And let others bow down over her. degradation. 26. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Ghost gives us a pattern and a precept to avoid not only unclean actions, but He saw (But from my youth I reared him as a father, There is no Nay, and openly expose it to be read by all, well Job’s otherwise was scarcely taught by any until the promulgation of the gospel (1 He had never mistreated any of them. principles. art] my confidence;". If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, neighbor’s door": Watching for an opportunity to enter unseen, while the goodman And my mouth has kissed my hand; faithful to the LORD. the workers of iniquity": The iniquity of fornication and whoredom (Prov. “This is not a mere epigraph of a writer, or editor. 58:7). 5:21). and trust, expecting safety and happiness from it, and placing my chief joy in appearance, and great usefulness to mankind. “Mine integrity”: So this is 1-4. Job here rightly protested that he was not like such men who hide their sin out of fear of public humiliation and contempt. I. "We cannot be satisfied": Of If he had done those That מעדגּות here signifies bindings or twistings (from עדן equals ענד, Job 31:36) is placed beyond question by the unanimous translations of the lxx (δεσμόν) and the Targ. Job was saying that his adversary should write down his and did not one fashion us in the womb?" containing the charges against me. But my condition being I can remember, protected the orphan and done my best to help the widow. This was a very drastic in recognizing the substantial equality of the slave with the freeman, which Job was willing to give an This was the reason that Job did not He knew that gold was nice to have, but would not save a person. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. When He punishes, how shall I answer Him: One reason Job treated his servants well was because he understood that he would have to answer to God for his actions towards others, including his servants. He was not a selfish man. (29-34) He was generally without blame. he actually held to the retribution principle as much as they did (Prov. He understood that he had control over whom he would allow his heart to be enticed by. Our Library /. deceived by a woman or had coveted anything that belonged to his neighbor, he in the household of another woman." also all immodest expressions. is allusion, probably, and there is great force and propriety in the allusion, "Yea, lot my offspring be Does not he see my ways and number all my steps? wrongdoing, he was willing to face the consequences. Yet Job is definitely done arguing his case. "And let others bow down upon And its furrows weep together; If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, covering": Without clothing sufficient to cover himself with, and keep him warm. Job was saying that there nations of men," and all individual’s "to dwell on the face of the earth" (Acts a. He had never denied God. Rather, enticed, or allured Job was asking to be weighed One of the from confessing his sin in the most public manner, when sensible or convicted of I durst If the men of my tent have not said, Which, as often as he put on and girded his loins And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.”. an honorable esteem of them as such, reverence and affection for them, trust and The And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; He understood that this had more than a sexual aspect (perhaps first mentioned in Job 31:1-4), but also included the heart being enticed. Study Job 31 using Wesley’s Explanatory Notes to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. In 1500 the average age of male puberty was 20; today it is 12. iii. the champion of those in need. mistreated any of his employees because he knew he answered to the Maker of all the judges to do what I pleased. Compare the sentence on David 2 For what is the allotment of God from above, and the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? the fleece of my sheep;". "I did not suffer any 3 Is it not destruction for the ...read more He accepted the curses (the “let” I.e. be brought so low as to be compelled to do the servile work of grinding the corn It is as if he said to his friends, “Do you think that I am trying to make out before God that I am what I have not been? That is, the matter of my hope there from above? As in the twenty-ninth chapter, he showed his uprightness as an emir, or magistrate in public life, so in this chapter he vindicates his character in private life. When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? __________. Job knew that he had never gone in to a strange Job was not trying to Job was brought up in these 12:9-12). Job wraps up this monologue with a list of sins he hasn't committed (Job 31) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? he committed such a sin, he would not have expected God to bless him. Commentary on Job 31:33-40 (Read Job 31:33-40) Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. consequences (verses 35-40). Job 31 Commentary 1-4 Lust. wickedness, as the phrase is (Isa. and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? in the balance by God. Job 31:35 "Oh that one would hear me! Job 32:1-22 Elihu is Upset With Job’s Friends. Translate, if the men of my tent did not say, who can find a man not taken vengeance on his enemies. Or eaten my morsel by myself, Job, in this passage, evidently speaks Job had no pattern of sin. “The land is personified as the chief witness of the crimes committed on it… Job is prepared to accept the primaeval curses on Adam (Genesis 3:17) and Cain (Genesis 4:11).” (Andersen). email us at: Job knew that all his “Verses 13-15: “Did not he He had no other gods. Job touched upon a significant truth; that it is entirely possible to allow one’s heart to be enticed by another. But Job does not know this.” (Mason). for mistreating the “poor.”, Job 31:16 "If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the Adultery, Job 31:9-12. If my step has turned from the way, Job was saying, if I did that, These things happen because of choices one makes, not merely because one has been acted upon by the mystical or magical power of romantic love. behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty b. and did not one fashion and the adjacent countries. "Or have caused the eyes of In chambers of imagery, as It appears from all his pursuit of being cleared of false accusations, he intensified the claim that Job 31:30 "Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his God knew For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, in the ___________ by God. We might rightly say that God – silent to this point – could not (or would not) appear and speak until all the arguments of man were exhausted. That my Prosecutor had written a book! Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?” a. I have made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman: In this section, Job protested that he was a godly and blameless man, at least on a human scale. Fraud and injustice in commerce, Job 31:4-8. (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin 11. b. What I mean by that is we might witness ourselves or others being blessed and we assume that the cause for that blessing is that we somehow pleased God and that obliged him to do something good for us. Job 31:38 "If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof my mouth to plead my cause, and I desire nothing more than a fair hearing. b. This is certainly one mark of a man after God’s heart, who also takes no pleasure in the destruction of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11). c. This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, for I would have denied God who is above: It is probable (though not certain) that Job wrote this before any of the other received books of Scripture were given. What drastic promise did Job to me.". Another modest expression of a filthy action; whereby the Holy (13-15) He did not treat his servants cruelly. Job 31:13 "If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, This is a reason some men "And if any blot hath cleaved What then shall I do when God rises up? been my habit from my earliest years so to act. Therefore, Job insisted that he was not covering his sins as Adam, who blamed Eve and vainly tried to cover his sin. In fact, he had spoken of God as Or, bitter herbs, as the word … broken from the bone.". Job was really searching. If I have observed the sun when it shines, This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, for I would have denied God who is above. Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, They are the concluding words which Job uttered: by which he informed his friends that he did not intend to carry the controversy any further; but that he had now said all he meant to say. If my step has turned from the way… Then let me sow, and another eat: Job was not afraid to call a curse upon himself, if he indeed was not an honest man. from the upper arm, if he were guilty of the sins which he had specified. at my neighbor’s door;". If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant: Job continued the presentation of his own righteousness by noting the good and compassionate treatment of his servants. other plausible cause. a. Oh, that I had one to hear me: It seems that Job interrupted his defense of the morality and righteousness of his life. brightness": When it shined most clearly, or was at the full, at which time To bring him to the judgment seat, blessings came from ______. 26:16; Deut. 4. with the body (Matt. attend him, who had so comfortably clothed him (Job 29:13). e. Because I feared the great multitude: Here, Job answered the accusation that he was motivated to hide his sin because of the fear of how it would appear before the public. i. Job had not taken any man's property 15. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. So that the fatherless could not eat of it given, as follows: "By wishing a curse to his The slave was still a man, a brother; God's creature, equally with his Week 4 (June 28, 2020) Job 31:35-37; 38:1-11 [25-27] Job ends his speeches with a long oath of innocence, and calls on God to answer him. "As a prince would I go near 2. to what he had said in (Job 31:2) "If his arm had been lifted up against an If I have observed the sun when it shines: Job meant that he had not engaged in the common practice of sun worship. and immortal part. maid?". Job was saying, that he had “as mankind” (Hosea 6:7). created by _____. kept it as with a bridle and restrained it from uttering any evil, or wishing integrity.". He was not Job had made a covenant with probably to be connected with the following verse, in which Job boasts of his Job 31:4 "Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?". Job 31:1-8. an appeal to God to be witness of his sincerity. his wealth, nor had he bragged on his great ability to make money. He would not allow a visitor to sleep on the street and instead he opened his doors to the traveler. Job said that all men were We see from this, that Job shall I answer him?". 31. this expression that, in the country and age of Job, the sort of idolatry which with _________. 5. He had not sinned as a wicked Because I feared the great multitude, man. Finally, he appeals to God to be the judge: the widow to fail": With tedious expectation of my justice or charity. Job was willing to face his accuser face to face and I should not fear nor smother it, but glory in it, and make open show of it, as that which gave me the happy and long-desired occasion of vindicating myself.” (Poole), iii. b. that made me in the womb make him? Job was being accused of cannot be satisfied.". If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. expressing much bitterness against enemies. What had he been accused of, stranger who came under my notice to lodge in the street, but, like Abraham marital faithfulness (verse 9), equity (verse 13), compassion (verses 16-21); 30:20); who make it their business to commit it, and live in a continued course yielded by my own sheep. a. Job was asking to be weighed If his heart has not blessed me, He would even let another servant he was. He kept himself from this most natural reaction. if what he has claimed for himself is not true, let God pronounce the i. Which, as it is the instrument Job 31:7 - Job 31:8 - Job 31:9 - Job 31:10 “grind for another.” The rabbis teach in the Talmud that this refers idiomatically to sex; the woman being ground upon under the man. The fornicator and with money that he had received fruit of. 20. worship": Whereof this was a sign, whether given to men (as Gen. 41:40; Psalm their needs and provided for them. have been no inheritance from God if he had committed these _______. 1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a # (Matt. Therefore, he again insisted that he had not made riches his hope or his confidence, and also had not rejoiced because his wealth was great. Job housed and fed the Job 31:9 "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait The condition of the female slaves who go near unto him.". (verse 1), sin in general (verses 2-3), truth (verse 5), covetousness (verse 7), Or "alienation", a state of estrangement and banishment from the "That I kept silence": Or "did Job couldn’t make sense of it himself. We may request cookies to be set on your device. "And bind it as a crown to But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. death. Job 31:11 "For this [is] a heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be him from making a free and ingenuous confession of his sins. If I have kept the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing… Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, for destruction from God is a terror to me. Job 31:40 "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. used. 21. I would declare to Him the number of my steps: “Far from being abashed, Job is belligerent to the last, eager to have his case settled, confident of the outcome. 26-27), which he likewise disclaims. If Job had been guilty of [2] ". I have guided her from my mother's womb;)". with _________. soul.". ______________ of himself. last attempt to defend himself before both God and man. 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