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He devours the barren who don`t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
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The Character of Wickedness
Commentators explain that this verse paints a stark picture of wickedness. The evil man preys on the most vulnerable: the barren woman and the widow. In ancient society, these women often lacked the social and physical protection of children or a husband, making them easy targets for oppression. This highlights sin's predatory and cruel nature.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He mistreats the barren - The woman who has no children to comfort or support her. He increases her calamity by acts of cruelty and oppressi…
19th Century
Baptist
In the East, they generally reap their harvest by just taking off the tops of the heads of grain, and leaving the straw. Thus will the wicked be cu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He evil entreateth the barren, [that] bears not Here Job returns, to give some further account of the sins of some w…
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Sometimes, how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how honoured he is, and how soon all his cruelties and oppressions…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding chapter, Job argued that he had not been punished because of wickedness, as Eliphaz had asserted (Job 22:5). Now, he w…
