For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
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Gill's Exposition
For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me,.... Some refer this to his fears about his children, lest they should sin and offend God, and bring down his judgments on them, and now what he…
Barnes' Notes
For the thing which I greatly feared - Margin, As in the Hebrew “I feared a fear, and it came upon me.” This verse, with the following, has received a considerable variety of exposition. Many have…
Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here complains that his life was now continued and not cut off. When men are set on…
Why does God continue life to the wretched, who long for death?
The vision of the peacefulness of death passes away, and Job awakens again to the consciousness of his real condition, and his words,…