Job 10:17

"If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion. Again you show yourself powerful to me."

Key Reflection

In first-century Jewish culture, Job's statement reflects the intense and relentless nature of divine judgment. The original audience would understand that being "held high" refers to Job’s pride or arrogance, which God now uses as an excuse to pursue him fiercely, much like a lion hunts its prey. This metaphor vividly conveys the severity and personal intensity of God’s scrutiny and punishment in Job's life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me -Margin, “that is, plagues.” The Hebrew is, “thy witnesses” -עדיך‛ēdeykā. So the Vulgate. The Septuagint is, “renewing against me my examination,”τὴν ἐξέτασίν μουtēnecetasinmou. Rabbi Levi supposes that the plague of the leprosy is intended. But the true meaning seems to be, that God sent upon him calamities which were regarded by his friends as “proofs” or “witnesses” that he was wicked, the public and solemn attestation of God, as they supposed, to the truth that he was eminently a bad man.

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