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"How long will you torment me, And crush me with words?
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The Crushing Power of Words
Job describes his friends' words not as mere annoyances, but as violent, crushing blows. Commentators like Barnes and Gill note the Hebrew imagery suggests being broken in a mortar or shattered by a hammer. Spurgeon powerfully warns that words can cut more deeply and wound more terribly than a physical weapon, urging believers to be exceptionally careful when speaking to those who are suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How long will ye vex my soul? - Perhaps intending to reply to the taunting speech of Bildad (Job 18:2). “He” had asked,…
19th Century
Anglican
How long? —Job begins as Bildad himself had begun in both cases. His last speech had been so offensive and unfeeling that Job may …
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How long will you vex my soul Which of all vexation is the worst; not only his bones were vexed, but his soul also, …
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…
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…
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