If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword - That is, they will be slain in war. The first calamities mentioned here that w…

That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

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If his children be multiplied
As it is possible they may; this is one external blessing common to good men and bad m…

Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were …

Previously, Job had succe fully refuted the speech of Bildad, who had cited divine power against him as if Job were ignorant of its greatne . When …