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Gill's Exposition
Now therefore be content,.... Or, "may it now please you" (f); Job addresses them in a respectful manner, and entreats them they would be so kind as to look favourably on him, and entertain better…
Barnes' Notes
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless - Job undoubtedly means that this should be applied to himself. He complains that they took advantage of his words, that they were disposed to pervert his meaning, and…
Poor Job goes on here to upbraid his friends with their unkindness and the hard usage they gave him. He here appeals to themselves concerning several things which tended both to justify him and to…
Cambridge Bible
This verse probably reads,
Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless,
And bargain over your friend.
A strong invective against their unfeeling behaviour. The words are severe; the preceding…
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