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Job again took up his parable, and said, See also: Job 27:1Numbers 23:7Job 13:12“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; See also: Job 1:1-5Job 1:10Jeremiah 31:28when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, See also: Psalms 18:28John 8:12John 12:46as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent, See also: Psalms 25:14Proverbs 3:32Psalms 27:5when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me, See also: Psalms 128:3Psalms 127:3-5Psalms 30:7when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, See also: Psalms 81:16Job 20:17Genesis 49:11when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street. See also: Zechariah 8:16Ruth 4:1-2Deuteronomy 16:18The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood. See also: Leviticus 19:321 Peter 5:5Romans 13:7The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. See also: Job 21:5Proverbs 10:19Job 40:4The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. See also: Psalms 137:6Ezekiel 3:26For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me, See also: Luke 4:22Job 31:20Proverbs 29:2because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, See also: Psalms 72:12Proverbs 21:13James 1:27the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. See also: Job 31:19-20Isaiah 27:13Philemon 1:7I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. See also: Isaiah 61:10Isaiah 59:17Psalms 132:9I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. See also: Numbers 10:31Matthew 11:51 Corinthians 12:12-31I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know. See also: Proverbs 29:7Psalms 68:5Proverbs 25:2I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth. See also: Psalms 3:7Proverbs 30:14Psalms 58:8Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand. See also: Psalms 30:6-7Jeremiah 49:16Genesis 32:12My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch. See also: Jeremiah 17:8Psalms 1:3Job 18:16My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’ See also: Genesis 49:24Isaiah 40:312 Corinthians 4:16“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel. See also: Job 29:9-10Job 32:11-12After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them. See also: Deuteronomy 32:2Matthew 22:46Song of Songs 4:11They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. See also: Hosea 6:3Zechariah 10:1Psalms 72:6I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face. See also: Psalms 4:6Psalms 89:15Psalms 126:1I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners. See also: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4Isaiah 35:3-4Genesis 41:40
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Job 29:2
Ver. 2. Me. Job perceiving that his friends made no reply, (C.) and yet did not appear satisfied, (H.) explains how he had behaved in prosperity, in answer to the insinuations of Eliphaz; (C. xxii.
5.) and what miseries he now experienced; though he maintains these were not inflicted on account of his sins. He continues this discourse in the two next chapters. C. --- He wishes to be restored to his former state, for his own vindication, (H.) and that he might exercise the works of mercy. Ven. Bede.
↑ 2Job 29:4
Ver. 4. Youth. Heb. also "autumn or winter," which are seasons of repose, when people enjoy the fruits of their labours. --- Tabernacle, and all consulted me as an oracle. C. -- Sept. "when God made the visit of my house," (H.) and filled it with blessings, like that of Obededom, 2 K. vi. 12.
↑ 4Job 29:6
Ver. 6. Butter. Many understand "cream." But butter was used to anoint the body, as well as oil.
Non omittendum in eo ( butyro) olei vim esse, & Barbaros omnes infantesque nostros ita ungi.
Pliny ix. 41. --- Oil. These hyperbolical expressions denote the utmost fertility.
Gen. xlix. 11. C.
--- Sept. have "milk." On all sides, Job could behold his rich pastures and cattle, (H.) so that he might have washed his feet in butter and milk. The rocks also were covered with olive trees; (M.) or the stone used for a press made the oil gush forth. Cajet. Sa.
↑ 6Job 29:7
Ver. 7. To the gate. Sept. "early." --- Chair, or throne, where Job sat in judgment. H. --- It appears evident that he was the prince in his city. Idumea had at first several petty kings at the same time. Gen. xxxvi. 15. C. --- But Job had several princes (ver. 9. H.) under him. Pineda.
↑ 7Job 29:11
Ver. 11. Gave. Sept. "winked," through approbation. C.
↑ 11Job 29:16
Ver. 16. Diligently, not passing sentence at random. I also endeavoured to do justice to those who durst not make any complaint. The prince ought to have an eye to all things. C.
↑ 16Job 29:17
Ver. 17. Prey, which he had extorted from the poor. M.
↑ 17Job 29:18
Ver. 18. Nest, in security, and among my children. C. --- Palm-tree. Sept. "But I said, my youth shall grow old like the shoot of the palm-tree: I shall live a long time." This is clearly the meaning of this version, (H.) as appears from the word stelechos, "a shoot (C.) or trunk." M. ---
Yet as phoinix, signifies also "a Phœnician, and the phœnix," some have explained this passage of the latter, which seems agreeable to the mention of a nest. Many fabulous accounts have been given of this bird, of which only one is supposed to exist at a time, rising from its parent's ashes; which, if true, (C.) would have been very (H.) beautifully applicable to a future resurrection. S.
Clem. ep. 1 Cor. S. Amb. de fide Res. ii. 59, &c. See Solin, xlii. Tacit. Ann. vi.
This uncertain bird may have been confounded with the bird of Paradise.
Palm-trees live a long time, and multiply shoots all round them surprisingly.
Pliny xiii. 4. and xvi. 44. --- Yet the Scripture never elsewhere uses the term eul for this tree. The moderns generally translate, "I shall multiply my days like the sand," which is a very common expression. C. Diss. --- The following verse seems, however, favourable to the sense of the Sept. and Vulg. though the heavy nature of sand, which
"remains" in its place, might serve to express the confidence which Job had of continuing for a long time in the midst of prosperity. H.
↑ 18Job 29:19
Ver. 19. Harvest. Prot. "branch." Ps. i. 3. Isai. xviii. 4. H.
↑ 19Job 29:20
Ver. 20. Bow, strength. I thought my glory would never end. M.
↑ 20Job 29:23
Ver. 23. Shower, in autumn, at which season only, and in spring, it rained in those countries. C.
Deut. xi. 14. M. --- It would, of course, be very acceptable after the drought of summer. Prov.
xvi. 15.
↑ 23Job 29:24
Ver. 24. Earth, with neglect. C. --- My attendants could scarcely believe their own eyes, through joy, (H.) when I assumed a more familiar air with them. C. ---
They still revered my authority.
M.
↑ 24Job 29:25
Ver. 25. With. Heb. "in his army, like one comforting people in mourning." H. ---
Job was not merely as, or like a king, but also one in effect; exercising the power, (v. 7.) and wearing the royal robes, v. 14. S. Isid. Ven. Bede, &c. W.
↑ 25License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses