And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
The book in which the text stands takes up the problems of providence, sin, and suffering. The text belongs to Job's answer in which he complains that his afflictions do not prove he has sinned. His friends wrongly insisted that his suffering proved he had sinned, while his affliction was discipline from God.
The text means that Job believed God had kept certain things hidden in His heart, yet those things were known to Job as belonging to God. It shows Job judging to some extent from the same standpoint of his friends' wisdom and observation, yet knowing his integrity so that he could not understand God's dealings with him, though he did not charge God foolishly. God saw the end from the beginning and in Job's experience was working out what would glorify Himself forever after, bringing comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones and proving a blessing to Job, all of which God has revealed in His word.
The book in which the text stands takes up the problems of providence, sin, and suffering. The text belongs to Job's answer in which he complains that his afflictions do not prove he has sinned. His friends wrongly insisted that his suffering proved he had sinned, while his affliction was discipline from God.
The text means that Job believed God had kept certain things hidden in His heart, yet those things were known to Job as belonging to God. It shows Job judging to some extent from the same standpoint of his friends' wisdom and observation, yet knowing his integrity so that he could not understand God's dealings with him, though he did not charge God foolishly. God saw the end from the beginning and in Job's experience was working out what would glorify Himself forever after, bringing comfort and hope to thousands of suffering ones and proving a blessing to Job, all of which God has revealed in His word.