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If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

But you should say – Noyes renders this, “Since you say, ‘How may we persecute him, and find grounds of accusation against…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Seeing the root of the matter. —This verse is variously understood, according to how “the root of the matter” is interpreted as th…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Job seems to say, speaking about himself, though in the third person, "He is a devout man, can you not see that? He has faith in God, my friends, c…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But you should say
Here Job directs his friends what use they should make of this confession of his faith; they shou…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully worked on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession, declared the soundness of…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Job had said above that his hope had been taken away, "like an uprooted tree" (Job 19:10). He certainly said this in reference to the h…

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