Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 9
how. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. This is the one great question of the book.
man = mortal man. Hebrew. "enosh. App-14.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
waves of the sea. The celebrated Mugah Codex (the earliest quoted in the Massorah itself), App-30, reads "cloud": i.e. thick cloud.
Arcturus. Hebrew. "ash. A name still connected with "the Great Bear" (the more ancient name being "the greater sheepfold": Arab, al naish, the assembled (as in a fold). See Job 38:31, Job 38:32, and App-12.
Orion. Hebrew. kesil. Compare Job 38:31. Amos 5:8. A strong one, or the coming prince. See App-12.
Pleiades. Hebrew. kimah = the congregation of the judge. See Job 38:31, Job 38:32. Amos 5:8, and App-12. A constellation in the neck of Taurus.
chambers of the south: i.e. the [hidden] recesses, or the invisible spaces; on the latitude of Job's residence.
swift ships = ships of ebeh. Hence vessels of bulrush (eb); vessels of desire ("abeh), i.e. desiring to reach their haven; vessels of enmity ("eybah), i.e. pirate vessels; or vessels of the Nile ("abai, Abyssinian for Nile). Others, vessels of Joppa. Perhaps the last is best.
Neither is there. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Oh that there were".
any Daysman = any umpire, arbiter, or mediator. In Job's case He was found in Elihu; in ours, in Christ.
His fear = the fear that He causes.
terrify = startle, or scare. Compare Job 13:21; Job 33:7.
Then would I = Fain would I.
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