Job 8

Job 8:2

How long] He seemes to cut off Iob in his speaking; as not able to endure him longer to speak so much against God; so to charge him, and complaine of him.

Job 8:4

If thy children] Sonnes; and daughters, chap. I. 18, 19.

Job 8:6

If thou wert] Wouldest be, as ver. 5, 7.

Job 8:7

Though thy beginning was small] After thy repentance. As indeed it was, chap. XLII. 11.

Job 8:9

yesterday] See the Observations on Deut. XV. 17.

Job 8:11

Can the rush] No more could Iobs and his childrens prosperity continue, because of their hypocrisie, without sound piety, which is the true nourisher of Gods blessings. To which purpose he useth also the Similitude of a Spider, and of a tree, to set out the fleeting prosperity of ungodly men, such as he intimates Iob and his children to be.