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"Why do the wicked live, Become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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A Challenge to Simple Theology
Job directly challenges his friends' belief that suffering is always a sign of sin. Commentators agree that Job uses the undeniable, real-world observation that wicked people often live long, prosperous, and powerful lives to dismantle the simplistic formula that God always punishes evil immediately in this life.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Wherefore do the wicked live?—Job now comes to the main design of his argument in this chapter: to show that it is a fact that the …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore do the wicked live Which question is put either to God himself, as not knowing how to account for it, or t…
Job says that remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Why is it so?
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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…
