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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown · 1871
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871). CCEL expanded electronic edition states it is in the public domain.
Job Chapter 31 1 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Job Chapter 31 2 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
2. Had I let my senses tempt me to sin, "what portion (would there have been to me, that is, must I have expected) from (literally, of) God above, and what inheritance from (literally, of) the Almighty," &c. [MAURER]
(Job 20:29; 27:13).
Job Chapter 31 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
3. Answer to the question in
Job 31:2.
strange--extraordinary.
Job Chapter 31 4 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
4. Doth not he see? &c.--Knowing this, I could only have expected "destruction"
(Job 31:3),
had I committed this sin
(Pr 5:21).
Job Chapter 31 5 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
5. Job's abstinence from evil deeds.
vanity--that is, falsehood
(Ps 12:2).
Job Chapter 31 6 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
6. Parenthetical. Translate: "Oh, that God would weigh me . . . then would He know," &c.
Job Chapter 31 7 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
7. Connected with
Job 31:6.
the way--of God
(Job 23:11; Jer 5:5).
A godly life.
heart . . . after . . . eyes--if my heart coveted, what my eyes beheld
(Ec 11:9; Jos 7:21).
hands--
(Ps 24:4).
Job Chapter 31 8 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
8. Apodosis to
Job 31:5, 7;
the curses which he imprecates on himself, if he had done these things
(Le 26:16; Am 9:14; Ps 128:2).
offspring--rather, "what I plant," my harvests.
Job 31:1-40.
1. Job proceeds to prove that he deserved a better lot. As in the twenty-ninth chapter, he showed his uprightness as an emir, or magistrate in public life, so in this chapter he vindicates his character in private life.
1-4. He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses.
think--rather, "cast a (lustful) look." He not merely did not so, but put it out of the question by covenanting with his eyes against leading him into temptation
(Pr 6:25; Mt 5:28).