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If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

If you were pure and upright - There is something especially severe and caustic in this whole speech of Bildad. He first assumes th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

If thou wert pure and upright. —Of course, then, there is only one inference: you are not pure and upright. These are tru…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

If you were pure and upright
By which he tacitly intimates that he was neither; though the character given of him is…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job spoke much to the purpose; but Bildad, like an eager, angry disputant, dismisses it all with this: "How long will you speak these things?" Peop…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

In the discourse that Job just finished, he had responded to the speech of Eliphaz, showing that Eliphaz was profoundly mistaken. But Bildad of Shu…

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