Introduction
Overview
Job 30 . 1 , Job’s honour is turned into extreme contempt; Job 30 . 15 , and his prosperity into calamity.
they that are . Job 19 . 13-19 , Job 29 . 8-10 , 2 Kings 2 . 23 , Isaiah 3 . 5
younger than I . Heb. of fewer days than I
whose . Psalm 35 . 15 , Psalm 35 . 16 , Psalm 69 . 12 , Mark 14 . 65 , Mark 15 . 17-20 , Luke 23 . 14 , Luke 23 . 18 , Luke 23 . 35 , Luke 23 . 39 , Acts 17 . 5 , Titus 1 . 12
Reciprocal . Genesis 21 . 9 . mocking Judges 11 . 3 . vain men Nehemiah 2 . 19 . they Job 12 . 4 . one mocked Job 19 . 9 . stripped Job 19 . 18 . Yea Psalm 42 . 4 . When Psalm 59 . 15 . wander Lamentations 1 . 7 . remembered Lamentations 3 . 14 . General Lamentations 5 . 14 . elders Ezekiel 36 . 3 . and are Philemon 1 . 11 . unprofitable Hebrews 2 . 8 . but
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 12 . 1 . while Philemon 1 . 11 . unprofitable
solitary . or , dark as the night , Job 24 . 13-16
fleeing into . Job 24 . 5 , Hebrews 11 . 38
in former time . Heb. yesternight
Reciprocal . Job 15 . 23 . wandereth Psalm 109 . 10 . General Jeremiah 48 . 6 . be like Jeremiah 49 . 3 . run Ezekiel 26 . 20 . in places Daniel 4 . 25 . drive Daniel 5 . 21 . he was driven
mallows . The Hebrew malluach , in Arabic , malluch , and in Syriac mallucho , is probably the Lalima or Lalimos of the Greeks , and halimus of the Romans , which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble , without thorns , the leaves of which are boiled and eaten.
juniper roots . The Hebrew rothem , in Arabic , ratim , and in Spanish , retama , most probably signifies the genista or broom , which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia.
for their meat . 2 Kings 4 . 38 , 2 Kings 4 . 39 , Amos 7 . 14 , Luke 15 . 16
Reciprocal . Job 15 . 23 . wandereth
driven . Genesis 4 . 12-14 , Psalm 109 . 10 , Daniel 4 . 25 , Daniel 4 . 32 , Daniel 4 . 33
Reciprocal . Exodus 22 . 2 . breaking Isaiah 2 . 10 . Enter
dwell . Judges 6 . 2 , 1 Samuel 22 . 1 , 1 Samuel 22 . 2 , Isaiah 2 . 19 , Revelation 6 . 15
caves . Heb. holes
Reciprocal . Isaiah 2 . 10 . Enter Isaiah 2 . 21 . go
brayed . Job 6 . 5 , Job 11 . 12 , Genesis 16 . 12
the nettles . Charul probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble , so Vulgate renders it by spina or sentis , (Proverbs 24 . 31. Zephaniah 2 . 9). Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the paliurus , a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is ," says Denon , "that it is difficult to remain in them , as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns , which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable.
Reciprocal . Matthew 27 . 44 . General
children . 2 Kings 8 . 18 , 2 Kings 8 . 27 , 2 Chronicles 22 . 3 , Psalm 49 . 10-13 , Jeremiah 7 . 18 , Mark 6 . 24
fools . Proverbs 1 . 7 , Proverbs 1 . 22 , Proverbs 16 . 22
base men . Heb. men of no name
viler . Job 40 . 4 , Psalm 15 . 4 , Isaiah 32 . 6
Reciprocal . Judges 9 . 4 . vain 1 Samuel 25 . 21 . Surely 2 Samuel 6 . 20 . vain fellows 2 Kings 2 . 23 . little children 2 Chronicles 13 . 7 . vain men Psalm 12 . 8 . men Psalm 69 . 12 . I was Nahum 3 . 6 . make Matthew 27 . 30 . General Mark 15 . 19 . they smote
am I . Job 17 . 6 , Psalm 35 . 15 , Psalm 35 . 16 , Psalm 44 . 14 , Psalm 69 . 12 , Lamentations 3 . 14 , Lamentations 3 . 63
Reciprocal . Judges 16 . 23 . to rejoice Judges 16 . 25 . sport 2 Kings 2 . 23 . mocked Psalm 22 . 7 . shoot out Psalm 34 . 19 . Many Lamentations 3 . 46 . have Matthew 26 . 67 . did Luke 22 . 63 . mocked
abhor me . Job 19 . 19 , Job 42 . 6 , Psalm 88 . 8 , Zechariah 11 . 8
flee far . Job 19 . 13 , Job 19 . 14 , Psalm 88 . 8 , Proverbs 19 . 7 , Matthew 26 . 56
spare not to spit in my face . Heb. withhold not spittle from my face , Numbers 12 . 14 , Deuteronomy 25 . 9 , Isaiah 50 . 6 , Matthew 26 . 67 , Matthew 27 . 30
Reciprocal . Judges 16 . 23 . to rejoice Judges 16 . 25 . sport Proverbs 14 . 20 . poor Mark 10 . 34 . spit Mark 14 . 65 . General John 18 . 22 . struck
loosed . Job 12 . 18 , Job 12 . 21 , 2 Samuel 16 . 5-8
let loose . Psalm 35 . 21 , Matthew 26 . 67 , Matthew 26 . 68 , Matthew 27 . 39-44 , James 1 . 26
rise . Job 19 . 18 , Isaiah 3 . 5
they raise up . Job 19 . 12
they set forward . Psalm 69 . 26 , Zechariah 1 . 15
as a wide . Job 22 . 16 , Psalm 18 . 4 , Psalm 69 . 14 , Psalm 69 . 15 , Isaiah 8 . 7 , Isaiah 8 . 8
Reciprocal . Genesis 43 . 18 . seek occasion against us 1 Chronicles 14 . 11 . like the breaking Psalm 88 . 17 . They
Terrors . Job 6 . 4 , Job 7 . 14 , Job 9 . 27 , Job 9 . 28 , Job 10 . 16 , Psalm 88 . 15
soul . Heb. principal one
as a cloud . Isaiah 44 . 22 , Hosea 6 . 4 , Hosea 13 . 3
Reciprocal . Job 35 . 15 . in great Psalm 88 . 17 . They Nahum 1 . 8 . darkness
my soul . Psalm 22 . 14 , Psalm 42 . 4 , Isaiah 53 . 12
have taken hold . Psalm 40 . 12
My bones . Job 33 . 19-21 , Psalm 6 . 2-6 , Psalm 38 . 2-8
in the night season . Job 7 . 4 , Psalm 22 . 2 , Isaiah 38 . 13
Reciprocal . Job 2 . 7 . sore boils Job 13 . 28 . And he Psalm 32 . 3 . bones Lamentations 4 . 8 . visage
By the great . Job 2 . 7 , Job 7 . 5 , Job 19 . 20 , Psalm 38 . 5 , Isaiah 1 . 5 , Isaiah 1 . 6
Reciprocal . Psalm 38 . 7 . my loins
cast me . Job 9 . 31 , Psalm 69 . 1 , Psalm 69 . 2 , Jeremiah 38 . 6
dust . Job 2 . 8 , Job 42 . 6 , Genesis 18 . 27
Reciprocal . Job 7 . 5 . flesh Job 16 . 15 . defiled my horn Nahum 3 . 6 . I will cast
I cry . Job 19 . 7 , Job 27 . 9 , Psalm 22 . 2 , Psalm 80 . 4 , Psalm 80 . 5 , Lamentations 3 . 8 , Lamentations 3 . 44 , Matthew 15 . 23
Reciprocal . Job 35 . 13 . regard
become cruel . Heb. turned to be cruel , Job 7 . 20 , Job 7 . 21 , Job 10 . 14-17 , Job 13 . 25-28 , Job 16 . 9-14 , Job 19 . 6-9 , Psalm 77 . 7-9 , Jeremiah 30 . 14
thy strong hand . Heb. the strength of thy hand , Job 6 . 9 , Job 23 . 6 , Psalm 89 . 13 , 1 Peter 5 . 6
Reciprocal . Job 13 . 24 . holdest me Job 33 . 10 . he counteth Job 40 . 2 . he that reproveth
liftest me . Job 21 . 18 , Psalm 1 . 4 , Isaiah 17 . 13 , Jeremiah 4 . 11 , Jeremiah 4 . 12 , Ezekiel 5 . 2 , Hosea 4 . 19 , Hosea 13 . 3
to ride . Psalm 18 . 10 , Psalm 104 . 3
substance . or , wisdom
Reciprocal . 2 Corinthians 5 . 1 . dissolved
the house . Job 14 . 5 , Job 21 . 33 , Genesis 3 . 19 , 2 Samuel 14 . 14 , Ecclesiastes 8 . 8 , Ecclesiastes 9 . 5 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 5-7 , Hebrews 9 . 27
Reciprocal . Genesis 5 . 5 . and he died Genesis 23 . 4 . burying place Genesis 23 . 19 . General Genesis 47 . 29 . must die Genesis 49 . 33 . and yielded Genesis 50 . 5 . bury me Genesis 50 . 24 . I die Joshua 23 . 14 . I am going Joshua 24 . 33 . died 2 Samuel 12 . 23 . I shall go 1 Kings 2 . 2 . I go Job 3 . 14 . kings Job 3 . 19 . The small Job 14 . 12 . So man Job 17 . 13 . the grave Job 27 . 19 . shall lie Job 34 . 15 . General Psalm 49 . 14 . they Psalm 89 . 48 . What Ecclesiastes 6 . 6 . do Isaiah 14 . 18 . house
grave . Heb. heap
they cry . Judges 5 . 31 , Psalm 35 . 25 , Matthew 27 . 39-44
Reciprocal . Ecclesiastes 3 . 20 . go
Did not I . Psalm 35 . 13 , Psalm 35 . 14 , Jeremiah 13 . 17 , Jeremiah 18 . 20 , Luke 19 . 41 , John 11 . 35 , Romans 12 . 15
in trouble . Heb. hard of day
was . Job 31 . 16-21 , Psalm 12 . 1 , Proverbs 14 . 21 , Proverbs 14 . 31 , Proverbs 17 . 5 , Proverbs 19 . 17 , Proverbs 28 . 8 , Isaiah 58 . 7 , Isaiah 58 . 8 , Daniel 4 . 27 , 2 Corinthians 9 . 9
When I looked . Job 3 . 25 , Job 3 . 26 , Job 29 . 18 , Jeremiah 8 . 15 , Jeremiah 14 . 19 , Jeremiah 15 . 18 , Micah 1 . 12
light . Job 18 . 6 , Job 18 . 18 , Job 23 . 17 , Psalm 97 . 11 , Isaiah 50 . 10
Reciprocal . Job 3 . 9 . look for light Psalm 30 . 7 . thou Psalm 42 . 9 . why go Isaiah 59 . 9 . we wait Lamentations 3 . 2 . brought
Psalm 22 . 4 , Jeremiah 4 . 19 , Jeremiah 31 . 20 , Lamentations 1 . 20 , Lamentations 2 . 11
Psalm 38 . 6 , Psalm 42 . 9 , Psalm 43 . 2 , Isaiah 53 . 3 , Isaiah 53 . 4 , Lamentations 3 . 1-3
Reciprocal . Psalm 38 . 8 . roared Isaiah 59 . 11 . mourn
a brother . Job 17 . 14 , Psalm 102 . 6 , Isaiah 13 . 21 , Isaiah 13 . 22 , Isaiah 38 . 14 , Micah 1 . 8 , Malachi 1 . 3
owls . or , ostriches , Benoth yaanah , in Arabic , bintu naamatin , not owls , but ostriches , so called from their doleful and hideous noises. "I have often ," says Dr. Shaw , "heard them groan as if they were in the greatest agonies.
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 14 . 15 . General Job 13 . 28 . And he Job 39 . 13 . wings and feathers unto the Proverbs 18 . 9 . is brother Isaiah 59 . 11 . mourn
my skin . Psalm 119 . 83 , Lamentations 3 . 4 , Lamentations 4 . 8 , Lamentations 5 . 10
my bones . Psalm 102 . 3
Reciprocal . Job 2 . 7 . sore boils Job 13 . 28 . And he Job 19 . 20 . bone Psalm 32 . 3 . bones Psalm 32 . 4 . moisture Psalm 39 . 11 . his beauty Psalm 102 . 6 . like Song of Solomon 1 . 6 . because Lamentations 1 . 13 . above
Psalm 137 . 1-4 , Ecclesiastes 3 . 4 , Isaiah 21 . 4 , Isaiah 22 . 12 , Isaiah 24 . 7-9 , Lamentations 5 . 15 , Daniel 6 . 18
Reciprocal . Psalm 150 . 4 . organs Lamentations 5 . 14 . the young James 4 . 9 . let