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The Echoes of Past Sin
Commentators explain that Job feels God is punishing him for sins committed in his youth. This serves as a powerful reminder that time does not erase guilt. Scholars note that God can bring forgotten sins to mind, sometimes long after they were committed, to highlight their seriousness and, as Matthew Henry suggests, to lead us to repentance.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 13:26
18th Century
Theologian
For you write bitter things against me - Charges or accusations of severity. We use the word “bitter” now in a somewhat similar sense. We sp…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 13:26
19th Century
Bishop
For you write bitter things against me. —Exquisitely plaintive and affecting is this confession.
John Gill
On Job 13:26
17th Century
Pastor
For you write bitter things against me
Meaning not sins and rebellions, taken notice of by him, when his good deeds …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 13:23–28
17th Century
Minister
Job begs to have his sins revealed to him. A true penitent is willing to know the worst of himself; and we should all desire to know what our trans…