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and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
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The Devil's Final Blow
Commentators explain this was no ordinary storm. Described as a "great wind" that "smote the four corners of the house," it was an unnatural whirlwind. Scholars like Gill and Spurgeon see this as Satan's final, most devastating attack, strategically timed and designed to utterly overwhelm Job by taking away his children, his most precious treasure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There came a great wind - Such tornadoes are as common in Eastern countries as in the United States. Indeed, they are more abundant in regio…
19th Century
Baptist
While he was yet speaking there came also another, and said, Thy Sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness Most probably from the wilderness of Arabia, winds from suc…
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Satan brought Job's troubles upon him on the day that his children began their course of feasting. The troubles all came upon Job at once; while on…
13th Century
Catholic
After considering the cause of the blessed Job’s adversity, the text consequently shows how that adversity came upon him. Because Satan produced al…
