Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
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Gill's Exposition
When men are cast down,.... Wicked men are brought down from a state of prosperity to a state of adversity, are in low circumstances, great straits and difficulties:
then thou shall say, there is…
Barnes' Notes
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee - Thou shalt form a purpose or plan, and it shall not be frustrated. It shall not be opposed by the events of divine Providence,…
Methinks I can almost forgive Eliphaz his hard censures of Job, which we had in the beginning of the chapter, though they were very unjust and unkind, for this good counsel and encouragement which he…
Eliphaz exhorts Job to reconcile himself with God; assuring him of restoration and great felicity if he will do so.
The passage consists of two parts, first, a series of exhortations, each of which…
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