Job 30

Job 30:2

WHere to might] they were so wretched and impotent, that I could have had no service of them: [old age] they had lived long in vne, having gotten neither understanding noexperience: It was altogether an unprofitable old age.

Job 30:4

Mallowes] which served pore people for food; some take it to bee Samphire which is a kinde of Sea-Mallowes or Sea-puen, and is good for food: [roots for their meat] the Italian,roots to warm them, according to some, the roots also were their food.

Job 30:11

Loosed] hee hath through mine afflictions brought me into contempt, and deprived me of authority, which is the bond of subjection and obedience, see Iob 12. 18.

Job 30:12

ra se up] figurative terms taken from siedges, see Iob. 19. 12 Lam 3:5.

Job 30:13

My pathes] all the wayes by which any reliefe may come to me: [they have no helper] they are sufficient to doe all this of themselves without the help of others.

Job 30:15

My soule] the Hebrew, my princesse or principall one; an epithet of the soule, by reason of the eminencie of it, and of the command which it hath over the body: [my welfare] all meanes of avoiding this present misery.

Job 30:16

[My soule] I doe melt in teares and sorrow, 〈…〉mine heart faileth mee and I faint, or fall as it were in a swoun, 1 Samuel 1:15 Psal. 42. 6.

Job 30:17

Are pierced] with mostbitter paines which penetrate into the most inward and solid parts of my body: [in the night] for then was Iob inmost paine and 〈…〉ent, Iob. 7. 14. and 17. 12 [take no rest] by reason of extream in〈…〉mmation.

Job 30:19

Cast me] brought me into a most miserable and wretched estate, deprived of all honor: [become like] my body is leane and pale, like the body of a dead man, and as for my condition it is so base, that I am no more esteemed of then dust.

Job 30:21

Art become cruell] the Italian, turned to bee, contrary to thy nature and precedent benignity; thou dost entreat me after a most rigorous manner, Psal. 77. 7. 8 Ier. 30. 14.

Job 30:22

Thou liftest] thou tormentst me both in body and minde, and never sufferest me to rest or recover my selfe.

Job 30:24

Howbeit] how soever this is my comfort, that death will end all my corporall paines, which cannot goe beyond the grave: Job speaketh thus, going no further then the afflictions of the body, for by his faith in the promised redeemer, hee was feare lesse of eternall punishment.

Job 30:25

Did not I weep] have I failed in any duties of mercy towards my neighbour, to which are joyned the promises of Gods mercy? Matthew 5:7 Iam. 2. 13.

Job 30:28

I went mourning] the Italian, I went bron, that is to say, dark in sorrowes and infirmities, or in a habite of sorrow.

Job 30:29

Dragons] which howle horribly in the Deserts: A very frequent comparison in Scripture.