Job 22:20
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace,.... Not with the righteous and innocent, but with God, as Job 22:22 show: from severe charges and censures, Eliphaz proceeds to advice and exhortations,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Whereas our substance is not cut down - Margin, or, “Estate” Gesenius supposes that this means our adversary or enemy. The word used here (קים qı̂ym) he regards as derived from קוּם qûm - to rise, to…
Eliphaz, having endeavoured to convict Job, by setting his sins (as he thought) in order before him, here endeavours to awaken him to a sight and sense of his misery and danger by reason of sin; and…
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