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[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

They were children of fools – The word rendered “fools,” נבל (nâbâl), means:

  1. Stupid, foolish; and
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

They were viler than the earth. —Rather, They are scourged out of the land, or are outcasts from the land.

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[They were] children of fools
Their parents were fools, or they themselves were such; foolish children, or foolish m…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause do people have to be ambitious or proud of that which m…

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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