PREFACE. MANY and able as are the extant writings on the Book of Job, there still seemed to the writer room and need both for careful translation and for fresh help towards the better understanding of this most interesting and instructive portion of the Holy Scriptures. Nor does he doubt that to a closer and deeper research, under the guidance of Him who alone can lead into all the truth, it will yield more and more: such is the wealth of that inexhaustible mine, and such the gracious power of the Holy Spirit. Few are likely to feel the defects of the present little work more than the writer; yet he counts on the Lord to use it, such as it is, to the comfort and edification of many a soul, and, it may be, to stimulate other labourers to a still more abundant harvest. Blackheath, London. CONTENTS. CHAPTER VIII.-The First Discourse of Bildad ......... CHAPTERS IX., X.-The Answer of Job.............. CHAPTER XI.-The First Discourse of Zophar......... CHAPTERS XII-XIV.-The Answer of Job........... CHAPTER XV.-The Second Discourse of Eliphaz CHAPTERS XVI., XVII.-The Answer of Job CHAPTER XX.-The Second Discourse of Zophar CHAPTER XXI.-The Answer of Job .......... CHAPTER XXII.-The Third Discourse of Eliphaz CHAPTERS XXIII., XXIV.-The Answer of Job ............ 96 CHAPTER XXV.-The Third Discourse of Bildad ......... 103 CHAPTER XXVI.-The Answer of Job-Silence of Zophar 105 |