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Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great - Margin, “much.” That is, your posterity shall be numerous. This was one of the …

Great. —The word also means numerous, which seems to suit the parallelism better here. The whole description is a very be…

You shall know also that your seed [shall be] great
Not his seed sown in the earth, and the increase of that, but hi…

Eliphaz gives Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes fr…

Eliphaz had already accused blessed Job of both impatience and presumption because he declared himself innocent. Now, he tries to address the despa…
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