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He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He has cast me into the mire - That is, God has done it. In this book the name of God is often understood where the speaker seems to avoid i…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He has cast me into the mire. —He now turns more directly to God, having in Job 30:16 turned from man to his own conditio…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He has cast me into the mire As Jeremiah was literally, this is to be understood in a figurative sense; not of the mire o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job complains a great deal. Harbouring hard thoughts of God was the sin that, at this time, most easily beset Job. When inward temptations join wit…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After listing the many prosperous things he had enjoyed in the past, Job now lists the adversities he was suffering. He begins by showing that, in …

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