if I say to the pit, `You are my father,' and to the worm, `My mother,' or `My sister,'

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I have said—Margin, cried, or called. The sense is, “I say,” or “I thus address the grave.”

To corruption—The word used here (…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I have said to corruption, you are my father
Not to the corruptible seed, of which he was begotten; nor to the corru…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job's friends had pretended to comfort him with the hope of his return to a prosperous estate; here he shows that those who draw their comforts fro…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After refuting Eliphaz's opinion, Job now gathers his previous points to demonstrate his thesis. First, he gets their attention by saying, "Therefo…

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