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Why do you persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
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Don't Kick Someone Who's Down
Job's cry, "Why do you persecute me as God?" is a plea to his friends to stop adding to his pain. Commentators explain that Job feels he is already being afflicted by God, and he questions why his friends would join in. It's a powerful reminder not to add verbal or emotional injury to someone who is already physically or materially suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Why do you persecute me as God? – As God has done. That is, without giving me any reason for it, accusing me of crimes without proo…
19th Century
Anglican
Why do you persecute me as God? —Compare Job 16:9.
Baptist
"If God strikes me, why do you, who are around me, do the same? Is it not enough that God seems to be turned against me?
Why should you also …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Why do you persecute me as God
As if they were in his stead, or had the same power and authority over him, who is …
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…
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