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The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.
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The Finality of Death
Job uses powerful natural imagery to express his despair. Commentators explain that just as water relentlessly wears away stone and floods wash away the land, Job feels that God's power irreversibly destroys a person's life on earth. This illustrates the finality of death from his anguished perspective.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The waters wear the stones - By their constant attrition, they wear away even the hard rocks, and these disappear and return no mor…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The waters wear the stones Either by continual running in them, or constant dropping upon them F16; and t…
Job's faith and hope spoke, and grace appeared to revive; but depravity again prevailed. He represents God as carrying matters to an extreme agains…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Job has presented his idea about the future resurrection, he now strengthens it with plausible arguments. The first argument comes from a com…
