Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 4
answered and said = replied and said. The idiom (App-6) requires that the first verb (where nothing has been as yet said) must be rendered according to the context: "spake", "prayed", "began", "concluded", &c. Here it = replied and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41.
assay = attempt, or try.
to commune = a word.
who . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
speaking. Hebrew. millah = words composing the matter of what is said.
Is not . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. The Authorized Version of 1611 reads "confidence; the uprightness of thy ways and thy hope? "First altered in the Cambridge edition of 1638. Name of editor is unknown.
blast. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16.
breath = spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
nostrils. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia.
Shall. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
mortal man. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14.
man = strong man. Hebrew. geber. App-14.
put no trust = putteth no faith in. Hebrew. "aman. App-69. Compare Job 15:15, Job 15:31.
servants = messengers (Psalms 104:4).
charged = will charge.
houses of clay. Compare 2 Corinthians 5:1.
before = sooner than.
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