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What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

What is man that he should be clean? - The object of Eliphaz in this is to overturn Job's positions that he was righteous and had b…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

What is man? This is the ceaseless burden. (Job 9:2; Job 25:4, etc.)

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

What [is] man, that he should be clean ?
&c.] Frail, feeble, mortal man, or woeful man, as Mr. Broughton renders it;…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Eliphaz begins a second attack on Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, all r…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After Eliphaz had censured Job for provoking God to an argument, which he thought amounted to a presumption of wisdom, he now censures him for a pr…

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