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My friends scoff at me. My eyes pour out tears to God,
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Turning to God When Friends Fail
Commentators agree that when Job's friends, who should have been his comfort, became his scorners, his immediate response was to turn to God. Scholars like John Gill and Albert Barnes highlight that in his deepest isolation, Job did not despair but instead poured out his tears directly to God, showing that God is our ultimate refuge when human support fails.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My friends scorn me - Margin “are my scorners.” That is, his friends had him in derision and mocked him, and he could only appeal w…
19th Century
Anglican
My friends scorn me. —Or, as an apostrophe, “You my scorners who profess and ought to be my friends: mine eye poureth…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My friends scorn me Not that they scoffed at his afflictions and calamities, and at his diseases and disorders, that…
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Job's condition was very deplorable; but he had the testimony of his conscience for him, that he never allowed himself in any gross sin. No one was…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had spoken harshly against Job in his answer, so Job begins his speech by accusing him of providing unfitting consolation. First, because h…