John Gill Commentary Job 6:22

"Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?" — Job 6:22 (ASV)

Did I say, bring to me ?
&c.] Or, "give to me" ^F2 ; did I invite you to come to me, and bring in your hands presents for me, to support me under my necessitous circumstances?

or give a reward for me of your substance ?
Did I ever ask anything of you?

If I had, it would have been but your duty to have given freely to me in my deplorable circumstances, and it might have been expected you would have given without asking, seeing my necessities so great. Or did I desire you to give from your great wealth and abundant riches to others for me, to plead my cause among men, and to get a favorable sentence upon me, that I might not be traduced as a wicked man by censorious tongues?

If I had ever been troublesome to you in any respect, you might have been provoked to use me ill. But since nothing of this kind has ever been requested of you, you might have forborne ill language and hard words,

which are often given to beggars. When a man is fallen to decay and becomes troublesome by his importunity, twenty things are raked up by his friends against his character. For example, they might say he has been lazy and indolent, or lavish and extravagant, to save their money and excuse them from acts of charity. But this was not the case here.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: (yl wbh) "date mihi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius, Michaelis.