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But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made desolate all my company.
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A Direct Complaint to God
Commentators agree that Job directly identifies God as the source of his suffering. He feels personally targeted, stating that God has exhausted his strength and made him weary of life itself. His lament is a raw, direct address to God, whom he holds responsible for his pain.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now he has made me weary — That is, God has exhausted my strength. This verse introduces a new description of his sufferings; a…
19th Century
Anglican
But now he hath made me weary. —He turns again, in his passionate lament, to God, whom he alternately speaks of in the th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now he has made me weary Or "it has made me weary" {u}, that is, "my grief", as it may be supplied from ([Refere…
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Here is a sorrowful representation of Job's grievances. What reason we have to bless God that we are not making such complaints! Even good men, whe…
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…
