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Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Am I a sea? - That is, “am I like a raging and tumultuous sea, that it is necessary to restrain and confine me?” The sense of the v…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Am I a sea, or a whale ...? —This very hard verse, it seems most reasonable to explain, if we can, from Scripture itself.

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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Am I such an important thing, such a dangerous thing, that I ought to be watched like this, and perpetually hampered, and tethered, and kept within…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Am] I a sea, or a whale
Like the restless sea, to which very wicked, profligate, and abandoned sinners are compared…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Plain truths concerning the shortness and vanity of human life, and the certainty of death, do us good when we think and speak of them, applying th…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After demonstrating through arguments that Eliphaz's consolation of earthly prosperity was inconsistent, Job now shows the same thing by arguing fo…

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