Job 29

Job 29:1

Moreover = And.

continued his parable: i.e. again took up his impressive discourse. This is Job’s last address, corresponding with his first. See the Structure on p. 669.

Job 29:2

I. Note the frequency of “I” (self-occupation). In Job 29, the “I” of prosperity; in Job 30, the “I” of adversity; in Job 31, the “I” of self-righteousness. Contrast the “I” of Job 42:2-6, the “end”.

Job 29:3

candle = lamp.

Job 29:4

youth = autumn’s prime, or maturity.

secret = counsel.

tabernacle = tent.

Job 29:5

THE . Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.

children = youths.

Job 29:6

rivers = divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3, and Proverbs 21:1.

Job 29:7

street = broad or open place.

Job 29:9

laid their hand, &c. In token of silence and submission.

Job 29:12

poor = wretched. Hebrew. ’anah. See note on Proverbs 6:11.

Job 29:16

poor = helpless. Hebrew. ’ebyon. See note on Proverbs 6:11.

Job 29:17

wicked. Hebrew. ’avvil. App-44. See note on Job 18:21.

Job 29:18

die in my nest. The Septuagint reads “grow old as a palm trunk”.

as the sand. A note in Codices (No. 1 in King’s Lib., British Museum) states that the Western School points this to mean “as a phoenix”. The Vulgate reads “as a palm”.

Job 29:23

as for the rain: i.e. the early rain, which is sometimes so late as to cause anxiety.