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Job 29:15

Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

I was eyes to the blind,.... Either in a literal sense: there was a law in Israel against putting a stumbling block before the blind, and a curse pronounced on those that caused them to wander out of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I was eyes to the blind - An exceedingly beautiful expression, whose meaning is obvious. He became their counsellor and guide. And feet was I to the lame - I assisted them, and became their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 29:7-17

We have here Job in a post of honour and power. Though he had comfort enough in his own house, yet he did not confine himself to that. We are not born for ourselves, but for the public. When any…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The blind he enabled to see that which of themselves they could not perceive; the lame he enabled to attain to that which of themselves they were unable to reach.

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