Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
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Gill's Exposition
Is not thy wickedness great?.... It must be owned it is, it cannot be denied. Indeed, the wickedness of every man's heart is great, it being desperately wicked, full of sin, abounding with it; out of…
Barnes' Notes
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? - Or, rather, will he come into trial, and argue his cause before a tribunal, because he is afraid that his character will suffer, or because he feels himself…
Eliphaz here insinuates that, because Job complained so much of his afflictions, he thought God was unjust in afflicting him; but it was a strained innuendo. Job was far from thinking so. What Eliphaz…
Cambridge Bible
God's treatment of men being for their sakes and according to what they are, it is inconceivable that He should chastise them for their piety.
for fear of thee Rather, for thy (godly) fear, thy piety;…
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