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- Job
- Chapter 34
- Verse 26
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Gill's Exposition
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him,.... To God; through their oppressions of the poor they are made to cry by reason of them, and who come to God with their cries, and tears, and…
Barnes' Notes
He striketh them as wicked men - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such.…
Adam Clarke
He striketh them as wicked men - At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.
Elihu here addresses himself more directly to Job. He had spoken to the rest (Job 34:10) as men of understanding; now, speaking to Job; he puts an if upon his understanding: If thou hast…
Armed with such omniscient insight (therefore, Job 34:34) He knoweth men's works, and His judgment overtakes them without fail.
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