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You renew your witnesses against me, And increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
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Afflictions as Witnesses
Commentators agree that when Job speaks of God renewing His "witnesses," he is referring to his ongoing afflictions. In the context of a divine trial, each new calamity feels like another piece of evidence God is presenting to prove Job's guilt, confirming the accusations of his friends.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You renew your witnesses against me - Margin, "that is, plagues." The Hebrew is, "your witnesses" - עדיך ‛ēdeykā.…
19th Century
Anglican
You renew your witnesses against me. —Some understand this of the sores on Job’s person, which his friends regarded as wi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You renew your witnesses against me Not the devils, as some, nor Job's friends, as others; but rather afflictions, which were …
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Job did not deny that as a sinner he deserved his sufferings; but he thought that justice was executed upon him with peculiar rigor. His gloom, unb…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job sought the cause of his punishment by assuming he was innocent. Now, he proceeds to ask whether he is being punished because he is …
