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1441 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 432.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter brings in, I. Esther in her joys, smiled upon by the king and honoured with his company at her banquet of wine, Esther 5:1-5:8. II. Haman upon the fret, because …
1442 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 440.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, where we find him cursing his day, and, in passion, I. Complaining that he was born, Job 3:1-3:10. II. Complaining that he did not die as soon as he was born …
1443 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 441.1 (Matthew Henry)
… two chapters. Satan had yielded it, and durst not pretend that his cursing his day was a constructive cursing of his God; no, he cannot deny but that Job still …
1444 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 442.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter, for the making good of his charge against Job, had vouched a word from heaven, sent him in a vision. In this chapter he appeals to those that …
1445 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 445.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter he endeavours to convince Job, I. That he had spoken too passionately, Job 8:2. II. That he and his children had suffered justly, Job 8:3, 8:4. III. That, if …
1446 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 449.1 (Matthew Henry)
… following chapters we have Job’s answer to Zophar’s discourse, in which, as before, he first reasons with his friends (see Job 13:19 ) and then turns to his God …
1447 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 450.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; and now we have him not in so good a temper as he was in then: for, I. He is very bold with his friends, comparing himself with them, notwithstanding …
1448 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 451.1 (Matthew Henry)
… . This chapter is proper for funeral solemnities; and serious meditations on it will help us both to get good by the death of others and to get ready for our own …
1449 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 453.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter begins Job’s reply to that discourse of Eliphaz which we had in the foregoing chapter; it is but the second part of the same song of lamentation …
1450 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 455.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter Bildad makes a second assault upon Job. In his first discourse ( Job 8:1-8:22 ) he had given him encouragement to hope that all should yet be well with …
1451 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 459.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter, I. Eliphaz checks him for his complaints of God, and of his dealings with him, as if he thought God had done him wrong, Job 22:2-22:4. II. He charges him …
1452 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 460.1 (Matthew Henry)
… chapter. I. He complains of his calamitous condition, and especially of God’s withdrawings from him, so that he could not get his appeal heard ( Job 23:2-23:5 ), nor …
1453 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 462.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter: but, because he thought Job had made too bold with the divine majesty in his appeals to the divine tribunal ( Job 23:1-23:17 ), he in a few words …
1454 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 469.1 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter we have, I. Some account of him, his parentage, his presence at this dispute, and his sentiments concerning it, Job 32:1-32:5. II. The apology he made for …
1455 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 470.2 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter, declared his dislike of their proceedings, disclaimed their hypothesis, and quite set aside the method they took of healing Job. “ Wherefore …
1456 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 471.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; but he sitting silent, and it is likely intimating his desire that he would go on, he here proceeds. And, I. He bespeaks not only the audience …
1457 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 473.1 (Matthew Henry)
… following chapter, he persuades him to submit to the hand of God. Here we have, I. His preface, Job 36:2-36:4. II. The account he gives of the methods of God’s providence …
1458 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 473.24 (Matthew Henry)
… this chapter with the clouds and the rain that descends from them. We need not be critical in examining either the phrase or the philosophy of this noble discourse …
1459 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 477.1 (Matthew Henry)
… foregoing chapter; now, in this chapter, I. He demands an answer to them, Job 40:1, 40:2. II. Job submits in a humble silence, Job 40:3-40:5. III. God proceeds to reason with …
1460 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 632.1 (Matthew Henry)
This chapter is one of the most excellent in all this book, both for argument to persuade us to be religious and for directions therein. I. We must be constant …