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Job 15:19

Job 15:19
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Unto whom alone the earth was given,.... Who were intrusted with the government of whole kingdoms and nations; and therefore not mean men, but persons of great consequence, and to be credited; being…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Unto whom alone the earth was given - The land; the land or country where they dwelt. He refers to the period before they became intermingled with other nations, and before they imbibed any sentiments…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 15:17-35

Eliphaz, having reproved Job for his answers, here comes to maintain his own thesis, upon which he built his censure of Job. His opinion is that those who are wicked are certainly miserable, whence he…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And it is a tradition pure and uncorrupted by admixture of foreign elements, for it is the moral wisdom of races to whom alone the land has been given, who have dwelt always in the same seats, and…

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