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"Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
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A Cry for Vindication
Commentators agree that Job, feeling unjustly accused by his friends, longed for his words to be permanently recorded. He wanted future generations to read his defense and understand the truth of his integrity, seeking the justice he was denied in his lifetime.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Oh that my words were now written! — Margin, as in Hebrew, "Who will give;" a common way of expressing desire among the Hebrews. This expres…
19th Century
Anglican
Oh that my words were now written!—Some understand this to refer to the words he is about to utter; by others, they are i…
Baptist
Inscriptions have been found, engraved in the rocks, that may have been made in the time of Job, and it was common, in ancient times, to write on t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O that my words were now written ! &c.] Not his things F17 , as some render it, his affairs, the transact…
The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully worked on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession, declared the soundness of…
13th Century
Catholic
Job had said above that his hope had been taken away, "like an uprooted tree" (Job 19:10). He certainly said this in reference to the h…
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