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"I will show you, listen to me; That which I have seen I will declare:
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An Appeal to Authority
Commentators explain that this verse marks a shift where Eliphaz prepares to deliver a major argument. He appeals to two sources of authority to make his case seem undeniable: ancient tradition and his own personal eyewitness accounts. He is essentially saying, 'Listen to me, because what I'm about to say is time-tested wisdom that I have personally verified.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will show you ... - The remainder of this chapter is a violent declamation, designed to overwhelm Job with the proofs of personal guilt. E…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will show thee, hear me Here Eliphaz proceeds to illustrate and make plain, to clear and defend, his former sentim…
Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable, from which he would infer that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore that Jo…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Eliphaz had censured Job for provoking God to an argument, which he thought amounted to a presumption of wisdom, he now censures him for a pr…
