Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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Gill's Exposition
But he is in one mind,.... Either with respect to his commandments, every precept remains in full force, he never alters the thing that is gone out of his lips, or delivers out other commandments…
Barnes' Notes
Neither have I gone back - I have not put away or rejected. The commandment of his lips - That which he has spoken, or which has proceeded out of his mouth. I have esteemed - Margin, “hid,” or, “laid…
Here, I. Job complains that he cannot understand the meaning of God's providences concerning him, but is quite at a loss about them (Job 23:8, Job 23:9): I go forward, but he is not there, etc.…
Cambridge Bible
more than my necessary food Lit. more than(or, above) my own law; i. e. perhaps, more than the law of my own mind or inclination. The words recall the exhortation of Eliphaz, ch. Job 22:22. Any…
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