Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Have you not poured me out as milk? - The whole image in this verse and the following is designed to furnish an illustration of the origin…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Poured me out as milk.—An allusion to the embryo. (See Psalms 139:13-16.)

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Have you not poured me out as milk
Expressing, in modest terms, his conception from the seed of his parents, compara…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job seems to argue with God, as if he only formed and preserved him for misery. God made us, not we ourselves.

How sad that those bodies sho…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Job earlier proposed that both the innocent and the wicked are assailed by trials in this world. He touched upon one possible reason for the punish…