For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For want and famine—By hunger and poverty their strength is wholly exhausted, and they are among the miserable outcasts of society. To show …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For want and famine [they were] solitary
The Targum interprets it, without children; but then this cannot be underst…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause do people have to be ambitious or proud of that which m…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After listing the many prosperous things he had enjoyed in the past, Job now lists the adversities he was suffering. He begins by showing that, in …

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