Job 3 Study Notes
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3:11-12 The knees probably refer to those of his mother either in childbirth (Gn 30:3) or in taking up her child for nursing.
3:13-19 Asleep is used frequently as a metaphor for death in the Bible, especially of the righteous (Jn 11:11-15; 1Co 15:20). Job’s words should not be pressed to depict a common condition for all souls in the afterlife. Although the body may rest in the grave, the righteous have the sure hope of eternal life (Ps 16:9-11; 49:15; 73:25-26; Ac 2:25-28; 1Co 15:50-57; 2Co 5:1-8). The case of the wicked is far different (Ps 1:4-5; 49:14-15; Mt 8:12; 25:41,46).
3:20-22 Job asked why God kept him alive.
3:23-26 The protective hedge that God had placed around Job (1:10) now hemmed him in to suffering.