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Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
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The Tyrant's Reach
Most commentators agree that the 'he' in this verse refers to a powerful wicked man, not God. Job is describing a tyrant so ruthless that his oppression extends beyond the poor, affecting even other 'mighty' people. This tyrant either destroys them or, as some scholars suggest, draws them into his evil schemes.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He draws also the mighty with his power — The word translated "draws" here (משׁך mâshak) means to draw, and then to lay ho…
19th Century
Anglican
He draweth also the mighty. —He now appears to revert to his former line, and describes another case—that, namely, of a g…
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He draweth also the mighty with his power Such a wicked man not only maltreats the weak, the helpless, and the defenceless, but eve…
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…
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