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Selected Verse: Job 13:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 13:25 |
King James |
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Lev 26:36; Psa 1:4). Job compares himself to a leaf already fallen, which the storm still chases hither and thither.
break--literally, "shake with (Thy) terrors." Jesus Christ does not "break the bruised reed" (Isa 42:3, Isa 27:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? - Job here means to say that the treatment of God in regard to him was like treading down a leaf that was driven about by the wind - an insigni ficant, unsettled, and worthless thing. "Wouldst thou show thy power against such an object?" - The sense is, that it was not worthy of God thus to pursue one so unimportant, and so incapable of offering any resistance.
And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? - Is it worthy of God thus to contend with the driven straw and stubble of the field? To such a leaf, and to such stubble, he compares himself; and he asks whether God could be employed in a work such as that would be, of pursuing such a flying leaf or driven stubble with a desire to overtake it, and wreak his vengeance on it. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Leaf - One that can no more resist thy power, than a leaf, or a little dry straw can resist the wind or fire. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wilt thou break a leaf - Is it becoming thy dignity to concern thyself with a creature so contemptible? |
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.