Job 16

Job 16:1

answered = replied. See note on Job 4:1.

Job 16:2

miserable = wearisome.

Job 16:3

Shall . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

vain words = empty words. Heb, words of wind.

what . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

Job 16:4

your soul = you (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

my soul = me (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Job 16:8

is = is become.

leanness. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.

Job 16:11

the ungodly = an evil one. Hebrew. ’aval. App-44.

the wicked = the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44.

Job 16:14

giant = mighty man. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14.

Job 16:15

sewed sackcloth, &c. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the sorrow which accompanied it.

Job 16:16

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.

Job 16:17

injustice = violence. Only occurrence of English word in O.T.

Job 16:18

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.

Job 16:20

friends = neighbours.

GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.

Job 16:21

man = strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.

man = son of man. Hebrew. ben-’adam. App-14.

Job 16:22

the way, &c. Figure of speech Euphemism (App-6), for death.