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The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Travaileth with pain - That is, his sorrows are like the pains of childbirth. Eliphaz means to say that he is a constant sufferer.<…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Travaileth with pain. —This and the following verses contain the result of this experience. Here, again, we have a highly-colored …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The wicked man travails with pain all [his] days

Either to commit iniquity, which he is at great pains to do, and …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…

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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