Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 16
Shall . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
vain words = empty words. Heb, words of wind.
what . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
your soul = you (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
my soul = me (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
the ungodly = an evil one. Hebrew. "aval. App-44.
the wicked = the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha". App-44.
sewed sackcloth, &c. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the sorrow which accompanied it.
shadow of death. Not a mere shade or shadow, but the deep darkness of the grave. Compare Job 3:5; Job 10:21; Job 12:22; Job 24:17; Job 28:3; Job 34:22, &c.
O. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6.
cover not. my blood. The reference is to the practice which remains to this day, based on Numbers 35:33. Leviticus 17:13. Job's desire is that the evidence of his sufferings may not be hidden.
the way, &c. Figure of speech Euphemism (App-6), for death.
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