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Turn from him - – שׁעה (shâ‛âh). Look away from, or turn away the eyes (Isaiah 22:4). Job had represented the …

Accomplish. —Rather, have pleasure in; rejoice at the day when his wages are paid him. Job had used the same image before…

Turn from him, that he may rest
From this short lived afflicted man, whose days are limited, and will soon be at an …

Job enlarges upon the condition of man, addressing himself also to God. Every man of Adam's fallen race is short-lived. All his show of beauty, hap…

Job had wondered about God's high regard for humanity, given our frail and unhappy condition in this present life. This wonder, however, would ceas…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes