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For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from whence I shall not return.
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A Plea Before the End
Commentators explain that Job's mention of his approaching death is not just a lament, but an urgent plea. He feels his time is short and desperately wants to present his case before God to be vindicated. He cannot bear the thought of dying with his reputation unjustly ruined.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When a few years are come — Margin: “years of number;” that is, numbered years, or a few years. The same idea is expressed in Job 7:21 (se…
19th Century
Anglican
When a few years are come. —Literally, years of number, which means either “years that can be easily numbered,” …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When a few years are come As the years of man's life are but few at most, and Job's years, which were yet to come, s…
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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…
