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Then Job answered,
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Words Can Break Souls
Commentators use this introductory verse to frame the speech that follows. Charles Spurgeon notes that Job's friends were breaking him 'in pieces with words.' He warns that words, though seemingly small, can wound more deeply than a razor, urging believers to be exceptionally careful when speaking to those in affliction.
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19th Century
Baptist
They struck at him with their hard words, as if they were breaking stones on the roadside. We ought to be very careful what we say to those who are…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then Job answered and said . ] Having heard Bildad out, without giving him any interruption; and when he had finishe…
Presbyterian
Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capa…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous discourse, it seems Bildad intended two things. First, he intended to refute Job for his stupidity, pride, and anger ([Reference Jo…
