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Then Job answered,
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Job's Counter-Argument
Commentators explain that this simple verse marks a crucial turning point. Job is now launching his direct counter-argument to Zophar's claims from the previous chapter. He will systematically dismantle the idea that the wicked are always punished swiftly in this life.
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19th Century
Anglican
But Job answered. —Having, in Job 19:0, declared his belief in a retribution to come, Job now proceeds to address more directly Zo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But Job answered and said . ] In reply to what Zophar had asserted, concerning the prosperity of the wicked being on…
Presbyterian
Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church and its true members, so that the rui…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous chapter, Zophar had already conceded, at least in part, to Job's opinion. He had affirmed that sins were punished after death, alth…
