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Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.
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A Challenge of Integrity
Job issues a bold legal challenge, daring anyone to prove him guilty. Commentator John Gill sees this as a powerful parallel to the believer's confidence in Christ. Just as Job was sure of his integrity, Christians can be confident in their justification, able to ask, "Who shall bring any charge against God's elect?" (Romans 8:33). Job's stance is rooted in his personal righteousness, a foreshadowing of the believer's standing in Christ's righteousness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who is he that will plead with me? – That is, “Who is there now that will take up the cause and enter into an argument against me? …
19th Century
Anglican
If I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. —A marvelous confession, equivalent to, “If I give up my faith in Him who…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who [is] he [that] will plead with me Enter the lists with him; dispute the point, and try the strength of his argum…
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Job resolved to cling to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightness. He depended on God for justification and salvation, the two grea…
13th Century
Catholic
After correcting the reasoning of his friends, who tried to defend divine justice with lies, Job now proceeds to dismantle their false dogmas in th…
