Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 10
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
life. Hebrew. chayai.
leave = let go, let loose: i.e. tell forth, give vent to.
complaint = complaining.
upon = about.
hands. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. Compare Psalms 119:73; Psalms 138:8, and Psalms 139:5, Psalms 139:10.
wicked = lawless. Hebrew. rasha". App-44.
Hast. ? seest. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
man = mortal man. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14.
changes and war = successions, yea hostile successions. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6) = one thing: i.e. a constant succession.
Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Oh . . . ! Figure of speech Ecphonesis.
given up the ghost = died. Hebrew. gava". Compare Job 3:11; Job 13:19; Job 14:10. Not Job 11:20.
of darkness and the shadow = deep darkness. Figure of speech Hendiadys. Not two things, but one.
darkness. Hebrew. hashak. See note on Job 3:6.
darkness. Hebrew. "eyphah. See note on Job 3:6. darkness itself. Hebrew. "ophel. See note on Job 3:6.
as darkness. Hebrew. "ophel. See above.
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