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- Job
- Chapter 22
- Verse 10
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Gill's Exposition
Or darkness, that thou canst not see,.... Or darkness is round about thee, thou art enveloped in it; meaning either judicial blindness, and darkness, and stupidity of mind, which must be his case, if…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore snares are round about thee - “Snares” were used for catching wild animals and birds, and the word then came to denote any sudden calamity; see Job 18:8-10. Eliphaz here says, that it “must…
Eliphaz and his companions had condemned Job, in general, as a wicked man and a hypocrite; but none of them had descended to particulars, nor drawn up any articles of impeachment against him, until…
The consequence of this inhumanity and injustice is seen in the snares and terrors from God that surround Job.
11. This verse should probably be read,
Or seest thou not the darkness,
And the floods…
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