Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
esteemed—rather, "laid up," namely, as a treasure found (Matthew 13:44; Psalms 119:11); alluding to the words of Eliphaz (Job 22:22). There was no need to tell me so; I have done so already (Jeremiah 15:16).
necessary—"Appointed portion" (of food; as in Proverbs 30:8). UMBREIT and MAURER translate, "More than my law," my own will, in antithesis to "the words of His mouth" (John 6:38). Probably under the general term, "what is appointed to me" (the same Hebrew is in Job 23:14), all that ministers to the appetites of the body and carnal will is included.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 23:12:
Job 33:8
Song of Solomon 1:2
Jeremiah 15:16
Luke 15:29
Revelation 2:17
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