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If you say, `How we will persecute him!` Because the root of the matter is found in me,
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The Root of Genuine Faith
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that “the root of the matter” refers to the core of genuine faith. Job is asserting that despite his suffering, the foundation of true piety is found in him. Scholars like Matthew Henry describe this as a “living, life-giving, commanding principle of grace in the heart,” which is as essential to faith as a root is to a tree.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But you should say – Noyes renders this, “Since you say, ‘How may we persecute him, and find grounds of accusation against…
19th Century
Anglican
Seeing the root of the matter. —This verse is variously understood, according to how “the root of the matter” is interpreted as th…
Baptist
Job seems to say, speaking about himself, though in the third person, "He is a devout man, can you not see that? He has faith in God, my friends, c…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But you should say Here Job directs his friends what use they should make of this confession of his faith; they shou…
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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