HOW LONG?: In reply to the question of Job 18:2:
"When?" or "How long?" (AV).
Job 19:3
TEN TIMES: That is, constantly: Gen 31:7,41; Lev 26:26;
Num 14:22; Neh 4:12.
Job 19:6
You must realize that GOD has done this to me, and not my own
sins.
Job 19:9
CROWN: A "crown" of righteousness.
Job 19:12
HIS TROOPS... MY TENT: A great army encamped against,
and besieging, a single slender "tent".
Job 19:20
THE SKIN OF MY TEETH: Empty gums (teeth fallen
out).
Job 19:25
MY REDEEMER: Yahweh is the redeemer (Heb "goel") of His
people: Exo 6:6; Psa 19:14; 78:35; Isa 41:14; 59:20. "Goel" is translated
"avenger" (Num 35:12), "revenger" (Num 35:19,27), "near-kinsman" (Rth 2:20;
3:9); "deliver" (Psa 119:154); "ransomed" (Isa 51:10); "kinfolk" (1Ki 16:11);
"kinsman" (Num 5:8). The "near-kinsman" should redeem his brethren if they have
fallen into slavery or servitude (Lev 25:47-55; cp Rom 6:17,18). He may also
function as: (1) an avenger of blood: Josh 20:3-6; Num 35:15-28; Deu 19:6-12: cp
Rom 12:19; Rev 6:10; (2) an avenger of violated rights: Rth 4:1,6,8; (3) a
redeemer of the fatherless (Pro 23:10); (4) a redeemer from: (a) death, grave
(Hos 13:14), (b) evil (Gen 48:16), (c) deceit and violence (Psa 72:14), and (d)
enemies (Psa 106:10; 107:2).
See Phan 87 (the necessity for God to dwell in a man, so as to
become a 'kinsman').
MY: What good is a Redeemer who does not redeem ME?
What benefit is an Avenger who does not stand up for ME? The difference is
absolute: it is the difference between gold ore buried in the mine, and gold
coins in my pocket!
STAND: To rise up, come forward -- as a witness: Deu
19:15; Psa 37:12; to interpose, as a judge: Psa 12:5.
UPON THE EARTH: "Upon the dust" (RV mg). "Dust"
suggests the grave (see NIV mg): Job 17:16; 20:11; 21:26.
Job 19:26
IN (APART FROM): Or, "from" (RV) -- ie "out of"... my
flesh.
Job 19:27
WITH MY OWN EYES: "On my side" (RV mg; RSV) -- ie as my
"goel", avenger.
AND NOT ANOTHER: "And not a stranger" (AV mg). God will
not be a stranger to me any longer.
HOW MY HEART YEARNS WITHIN ME: "Though my reins be
consumed within me" (AV). Or "my heart faints" (RV, RSV) at the joyous prospect:
Psa 73:26; 84:2; 119:81,125.
Job 19:28
Vv 28,29: Job warns friends, "Someday the tables will be
turned."