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Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is none who can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it?
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God's Eternal Authority
Commentators like Calvin and Barnes explain that the phrase "before the day was" points to God's eternal nature. He existed before time and creation. This eternality is the very foundation of His supreme authority, proving that all things are His workmanship and subject to His power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Indeed, before the day was - Before the first day, or before the beginning of time; from eternity. The Septuagint renders it correctly, …
19th Century
Anglican
Who shall let it? —Literally, who shall turn it back? One of the numerous echoes from Job ([Reference Isaiah 9:1…
Baptist
Yea, before the day was I am he;
When there was no day, there was the Ancient of days.
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16th Century
Protestant
Even before the day was. He now speaks of the eternity of God; but we must attend to the Prophet’s design; for he who has a beginning and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, before the day was I am he Before there was a day, before the first day of the creation; that is, before time w…
Idolaters are called to appear in defense of their idols. Those who make them, and trust in them, are like them. They have the shape and faculties …
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13th Century
Catholic
And now thus says the LORD. Here he shows them divine love through the remedies he granted them in their difficulties. This is d…
