Jó 23
Matthew Poole · Citado em PreceptAustin
Jó 23:12
Poole comments… Hebrew = I have hid, or laid it up, as men do their best treasures, or what they most love and value. The phrase notes a high estimation of it, a hearty affection to it, and a diligent care to preserve it. Treasured (06845) (tsapan/sapan; Lxx of Job 23:12 = krupto - hide, conceal) means primarily to hide, to keep secret, to conceal something often of great value with a definite purpose (for protection or for sinister purposes). The wicked hide themselves in order to ambush the innocent (Pr 1:11), but in the end it is their own lives for which the ambush is set (Pr 1:18). Definitions of English verb To Treasure (Where applicable try "inserting" these different definitions in place of treasured) Jealously safeguard something considered precious. Collect and store up something of value for future use (Ed: I like that definition - Unless we memorize the Word, how can the Spirit enable us to utilize it in the future in our time of need?). Esteem - set a high value on, regard highly and prize accordingly. Keep carefully. Cherish (hold dear, feel or show affection for, entertain something in one's mind deeply and resolutely - eg, he still cherishes that memory; Keep or cultivate with care and affection). Prize highly as valuable, rare or costly! Tsapan/sapan - 31v in NAS - Ex 2:2 3 (hid baby Moses); Josh 2:4 (Rahab hid Israeli spies); Job 10:13; 14:13; 15:20; 17:4; 20:26; 21:19; 23:12; 24:1; 34:13; Ps 10:8; 27:5; 31:19f; 56:6; 83:3; 119:11; Pr 1:11, 18; 2:1, 7; 7:1; 10:14; 13:22; 27:16; Song 7:13; Jer 16:17; Ezek 7:22; Hos 13:12. NAS = ambush(2), authority(1), conceal(1), concealed(2), hid(1), hidden(1), hide(2), keep them secretly(1), kept(1), lurk(1), restrain her restrains(1), saved(1), secret place(1), stealthily watch(1), store(1), stored(5), stores(1), stores away(1), treasure(2), treasured(3), treasures(1). God calls His people treasured ones (Ps 83:3). He "conceals (David) in His tabernacle". He stores up His goodness for those who fear Him (Ps 31:19) and keeps them secretly in a shelter (Ps 31:20). TWOT adds that tsapan can refer to… Sins be stored up in the sense that they will receive their appropriate punishment on a day of judgment (Hos 13:12; cf. Job 15:20; 21:19). Amidst trials and plots of men, God hides His people in his presence ("in the day of trouble" = Ps 27:5; 31:20). Israel’s God displays his special concern for his people in giving them security and shelter. In fact, his people are referred to as the hidden ones (Ps 83:3 [H 4], RSV “[thy) protected ones”). The word also connotes storing or treasuring things on account of their value (Jer 36:29). Thereafter Jeremiah refers to Judah’s foe as Babylon. He goes on to prophesy that Babylon shall be defeated by a nation from the north (Jer 50:9; 51:48). Ezek too places Israel’s foes who will fight the last climactic war as coming from the far places of the north (Ezek 38:6, 15). The north, then, becomes a harbinger of evil. In various mythologies it is the seat of demons. (Harris, R L, Archer, G L & Waltke, B K Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Moody Press) See below for some related uses of tsapan/sapan… The best thing In the best place For the best of purposes. Solomon uses tsapan/sapan in Proverbs to exhort the reader… Proverbs 2:1 My son, if you will receive my words and (Do what?) treasure (With what?) my commandments (Where?) within you, Charles Bridges comments: Treasure my commandments within you. Carry them about with thee as thy choicest treasure for greater security (Col 3:16, with Mt 13:44); as thy furniture always at hand for present use. (Pr 4:20, 21; 7:3. Job 22:22 23:12) Let the heart be the hiding-place for the treasure. (Lk, 2:19, 51 Ps 119:11) Satan can never snatch it thence. (Below are related uses of tsapan/sapan) Pr 2:7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, Pr 7:1 My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. Pr 10:14 Wise men store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand. Pulpit Commentary (Pr 2:1): The original (צַפַן, tsaphan) is here used in a different sense to that in which it occurs in Pr 1:11 18. It here refers, as in Pr 7:1; 10:14; 13:22, to the storing or laying up, as of treasure, in some secret repository, and means “to lay up.” The Divine commands of the teacher are to be hidden in safe custody in the memory, in the understanding, in the conscience, and in the heart (cf. Pr 4:21; 7:1). The psalmist expresses the same idea in Ps 119:11, Bruce Waltke comments (Pr 2:1): store up (or treasure), which means, with the accusative of thing, to hide or conceal for a definite purpose (cf. Ps 119:11). That notion entails that one treasures that which he stores (see Pr 2:4; 10:14; Job 15:20; 21:19; Hos 13:12). The metaphor signifies to memorize with religious affection Solomon’s “sound bites” in order to have them ready when the occasion demands them (cf. Pr 5:2; 7:1; 22:18; cf. Job 23:12; Ps 119:11). The rabbis said, “One who repeats his lessons a hundred times is not like one who repeats it a hundred and one times”! With you means that the commands are to accompany the son wherever he goes (cf. Pr 6:22) (Waltke, B. K. The Book of Proverbs. Chapters 1-15. The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co) The Psalmist utilizes tsapan/sapan writing… (What?) Thy Word have I hid (treasured; Lxx = krupto - hide, conceal) (Where?) in mine heart, (Why?) that I might not sin (Who?) against thee. (Ps 119:11) Spurgeon Comments: As one has well said here is the best thing, “thy word;” hidden in the best place, “my heart” for the best of purposes, “that I might not sin against thee.” This was done by the Psalmist with personal care, as a man carefully hides away his money when he fears thieves, -- in this case the thief dreaded was sin. Sinning "against God" is the believer's view of moral evil; other men care only when they offend against men. God's word is the best preventive against offending God, for it tells us His mind and will, and tends to bring our spirit into conformity with the divine Spirit. No cure for sin in the life is equal to the word in the seat of life, which is the heart. There is no hiding from sin unless we hide the truth in our souls. A very pleasant variety of meaning is obtained by laying stress upon the words "thy" and "thee." He speaks to God, he loves the word because it is God's word, and he hates sin because it is sin against God himself. If he vexed others, he minded not so long as he did not offend his God. If we would not cause God displeasure we must treasure up his own word. The personal way in which the man of God did this is also noteworthy: "With my whole heart have I sought thee." Whatever others might choose to do he had already made his choice and placed the Word in his innermost soul as his dearest delight, and however others might transgress, his aim was after holiness: "That I might not sin against thee." This was not what he purposed to do, but what he had already done: many are great at promising, but the Psalmist had been true in performing: hence he hoped to see a sure result. When the word is hidden in the heart the life shall be hidden from sin.
Jó 23:12
Poole comments that this phrase can be rendered… My necessary food, or my appointed food, or my daily portion, i.e. that food or provision which is necessary for the support of my life, as this word is used, Ge 47:22; Pr 30:8; 31:15, which is more prized and desired than all the riches in the world. The value that Job places on the Word of God parallels the instruction of Jesus that… MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD. (Mt 4:4 from Dt 8:3) Comment: It is interesting that Jesus used rhema which refers to the spoken word, which was most likely the way Job heard from God, for most scholars feel that antedated Moses' writing down of God's Word. Warren Wiersbe rightly notes that… When people are sick, their appetites change--in fact, they often lose their appetites completely. Likewise, sin in our lives robs our spiritual appetite, and we lose our desire for the Word. May we always have an appetite for the sweetness of the Word of God, even when we have to read things that convict us. That first bite of Scripture may taste sour sometimes, but it will turn sweet. It's important to feed your soul a proper diet. Do you feed and nourish on God's Word? The Bible is sweet to those who love it. Learn it and live it. (Prayer, Praise and Promises) John