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He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He has gnashed on me with his teeth: My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
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Who is Job's Adversary?
Job uses the language of a wild beast attacking him, describing an adversary who "teareth me in his wrath." While one commentator suggests this refers to his friends, most scholars (like Ellicott and Gill) believe Job is directing his raw, anguished complaint directly at God. In the midst of his suffering, Job perceives God as a fierce enemy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He teareth me in his wrath - The language here is all taken from the ferocity of wild beasts, and the idea is that his enemy had come upon h…
19th Century
Anglican
He teareth me in his wrath. —Terrible as the language is that Job has used against God, he seems here almost to exceed it…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He teareth [me] in his wrath, who has me By whom is meant not Satan, as Jarchi, though he is an enemy to, and an hat…
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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…
