4My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
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Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Job’s discourse here is called a parable (mashal ), the title of Solomon’s proverbs, because it was grave and weighty, and very instructive, and he spoke as one having authority. It comes from a word that signifies to rule , or have dominion ; and some think it intimates that Job now triumphed over his opponents, and spoke as one that had baffled them. We say of an excellent preacher that he knows…
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