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Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I know this is true – Job here refers, undoubtedly, to something that had been said before; but whether it is to the general line of reasoni…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I know [it is] so of a truth
That is, that God is just, and does not pervert justice and judgment, as Bildad had obs…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied being a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

In his previous answer to Eliphaz, blessed Job seemed to have overlooked one argument Eliphaz had proposed about God’s justice when he asked, W…

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