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I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
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The Master Becomes a Beggar
Commentators highlight the profound social reversal in this verse. Job, once a great master, is so afflicted that his own servant ignores him. He is forced to lay aside his authority and "entreat" or beg for help, demonstrating the complete loss of his status and the depth of his humiliation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I called my servant — He lost all respect for me, and paid me no attention.
I entreated him — I ceased to expect “obedience,” …
19th Century
Baptist
He mentioned to his wife those whom death had taken away, and asked her to speak kindly to him; but even she had hard words to fling at him.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I called my servant His manservant, whom he had hired into his house, and who waited upon his person, and had been his trusty …
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How sorrowful are Job's complaints! What is the fire of hell but the wrath of God? Seared consciences will feel it in the afterlife, but do not fea…
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…
