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(Job 13:27). marketh--narrowly watches (Job 14:16; 7:12; 31:4).
meditation--moanings of that half-uttered form to which deep feeling gives rise--groanings, as in Ro 8:26, 27.
wash mine hands--expressive symbol of freedom from sinful acts (compare Mt 27:24).
hide not thyself, &c.--(compare Ps 13:1; 27:9), withhold not help.
(Compare Ps 5:8; 27:11). land of uprightness--literally, "an even land" (Ps 26:12).
fan--winnowed (compare Mt 3:12). whirlwind...scatter them--(Job 27:21; 30:22).
I spake also--translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.
consumed--as a distinct nation (Da 8:2-27). Fulfilled under Alexander and his successors.
In the time when...shall...shall--Now that thou art broken (wrecked)...thy merchandise...are fallen [Maurer].
This generation--not "this nation," as some interpret it, which, though admissible in itself, seems very unnatural here. It is rather as in Lu 9:27.
when the south wind blew softly, supposing they had attained their purpose--With such a wind they had every prospect of reaching their destination in a few hours.
And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together--The class of the "chief priests" included the high priest for the time being, together with all who had previously...
Therefore--to say all in one word. all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them--the same thing and in the same way. for this is the law and the prophets--"This...
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight--The second of these quotations is given by Matthew and Luke in the same connection, but they...
And they come to Jesus--Matthew (Mt 8:34) says, "Behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus." and see him that was possessed with the devil--the demonized person. and had the legion, sitting...
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another--"into the other." This, though applicable to all time, and exemplified by our Lord Himself once and again, had special reference to...
altar of shittim wood--The dimensions of this altar which was placed at the entrance of the sanctuary were nearly three yards square, and a yard and a half in height. Under the wooden frame of this...
over the tribes of Israel: the ruler--This is a list of the hereditary chiefs or rulers of tribes at the time of David's numbering the people. Gad and Asher are not included; for what reason is...
For the Jews used one of the gestures (Mt 27:39) here mentioned, when taunting Him on the cross, and (Mt 27:43) reproached Him almost in the very, language of this passage. shoot out--or, "open." ...
Then Paul called one of the centurions--Though divinely assured of safety, he never allows this to interfere with the duty he owed to his own life and the work he had yet to do. (See on Ac...
(Job 8:14; 4:19). The transition is natural from "raiment" (Job 27:16) to the "house" of the "moth" in it, and of it, when in its larva state. The moth worm's house is broken whenever the "raiment"...
Phenice--"Phenix," now called Lutro. which lieth toward the southwest and northwest--If this means that it was open to the west, it would certainly not be good anchorage! It is thought therefore to...
knew the island was called Melita--(See on Ac 27:39). The opinion that this island was not Malta to the south of Sicily, but Meleda in the Gulf of Venice--which till lately had respectable support...
Jacob said, Esau my brother is a hairy man--It is remarkable that his scruples were founded, not on the evil of the act, but on the risk and consequences of deception.
pins--were designed to hold down the curtains at the bottom, lest the wind should waft them aside.
olive trees and the sycamore trees...in the low plains--that is, the Shephela, the rich, low-lying ground between the Mediterranean and the mountains of Judah.
(Job 6:28, 30). The "deceit" would be if he were to admit guilt against the witness of his conscience.
Rather, my "heart" (conscience) reproaches "not one of my days," that is, I do not repent of any of my days since I came into existence [Maurer].
These earnest terms are often used, and the address to God, as indifferent or averse, is found in Ps 3:7; 22:24; 27:9, &c.