Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 29
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.
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".
rivers = divisions. Hence the little channels made in garden irrigation. See note on Psalms 1:3, and Proverbs 21:1.
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".
as for the rain: i.e. the early rain, which is sometimes so late as to cause anxiety.
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