Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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Gill's Exposition
This is the portion of a wicked man with God,.... Not to be punished in this life, but after death. This is what Job undertook to teach his friends, and is the purport of what follows in this chapter.…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it - You have had an opportunity of tracing the proofs of the wisdom of God in his works. Why then are ye thus altogether vain - Why is it that you maintain such…
Job's friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much…
Cambridge Bible
are ye thus altogether vain? i. e. wherefore do ye cherish and express opinions regarding me so foolish? "Two things are surprising here," says Dillmann, "first, that Job should undertake to teach the…
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