Oh that my words were now written! — Margin, as in Hebrew, "Who will give;" a common way of expressing desire among the Hebrews. This expres…

Oh that my words were now written!—Some understand this to refer to the words he is about to utter; by others, they are i…

Inscriptions have been found, engraved in the rocks, that may have been made in the time of Job, and it was common, in ancient times, to write on t…

O that my words were now written !
&c.] Not his things ^F17 , as some render it, his affairs, the transact…

The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully worked on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession, declared the soundness of…

Job had said above that his hope had been taken away, "like an uprooted tree" (Job 19:10). He certainly said this in reference to the h…