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So that his life abhorreth bread - It is a common effect of sickness to take away the appetite. Elihu here regards it as a part of …

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon…

So that his life abhors bread
Through the force of pain he loses his appetite for food, and even a nausea of it take…

Job complained of his diseases and concluded from them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too. But Elihu shows that God often afflicts…

Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes