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- Job
- Chapter 22
- Verse 8
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
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Gill's Exposition
Thou hast sent widows away empty,.... Either out of their own houses, which he spoiled, and devoured, and stripped, and cleared of all that were in them, as did the Scribes and Pharisees in Christ's…
Barnes' Notes
But as for the mighty man - Hebrew as in the margin, “man of arm.” The “arm,” in the Scriptures, is the symbol of power; Psa 10:15, “Break thou the arm of the wicked;” Eze 30:21. “I have broken the…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The "mighty man," lit. man of arm, i. e. the powerful (Psa 10:15), and the "honourable," lit. man of respect, i. e. high in rank (Isa 3:5), is of course Job himself.
he had the earth Or, his is the…
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