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There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
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Confidence Before the Judge
Job expresses profound confidence that if he could just stand before God, his integrity would be recognized. Commentators explain that Job, seeing himself as 'the upright,' believes a divine hearing would lead to his permanent vindication. He doesn't fear God as Judge but longs for His just verdict to silence his human accusers forever.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
There the righteous might dispute with him – One who is conscious of his integrity might carry his cause there, with the assurance that he…
19th Century
Anglican
There the righteous might dispute. —He has learned this marvelous truth, which the Gospel has so effectually brought to light: tha…
Baptist
there the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
There the righteous might dispute with him That is, at his seat, either at his mercy seat, where even God allows sin…
Job appeals from his friends to the just judgment of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find Him. …
13th Century
Catholic
In his discourse, Eliphaz proposed two charges against Job (Job 27:5, 12): first, that he had been punished because of his very great e…
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