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Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.
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A Demand for a Divine Trial
Commentators explain that Job is using the language of a courtroom. He boldly challenges God to a formal trial, willing to act as either the defendant ('call thou, and I will answer') or the plaintiff ('let me speak'). This demonstrates his profound desperation for a direct encounter with God to understand the reason for his suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then call you, and I will answer - Call me to trial; summon me to make my defense. This is language taken from courts of justice, a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then call thou, and I will answer Either call him by name in open court, and he would answer to it; or arraign him a…
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…
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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…