If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
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Gill's Exposition
If they obey and serve him,.... That is, God, to whom so many things are ascribed in the preceding verses; and who only is to be obeyed and served in a religious way, with the obedience of faith and…
Barnes' Notes
If they obey and serve him - That is, if, as the result of their afflictions, they repent of their sins, seek his mercy, and serve him in time to come, they shall be prospered still. The design of…
Adam Clarke
If they obey and serve him - There may appear in the course of Providence to be some exceptions to this general rule; but it is most true, that this is literally or spiritually fulfilled to all the…
Elihu, being to speak on God's behalf, and particularly to ascribe righteousness to his Maker, here shows that the disposals of divine Providence are all, not only according to the eternal counsels of…
Such afflictions, though graciously meant, may have different issues according as men receive them. On the expression "the sword" in Job 36:36 see ch. Job 33:18.
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