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My soul refuseth to touch [them]; They are as loathsome food to me.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The things that my soul refused to touch—That I refused to touch—the word “soul” here being used to denote himself. The idea here i…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my
sorrowful meat .
Meaning eithe…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job still justifies himself in his complaints. In addition to outward troubles, the inner sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolu…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…

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