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If it isn`t so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
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Job's Confident Challenge
Commentators agree that this verse is Job's confident and defiant challenge. Having presented his evidence that the wicked often prosper and die in peace, he dares anyone to refute his observations. Scholars note that this appeal to real-world facts effectively silences his friends, marking a turning point in the debate.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar? - This is a challenge to anyone to prove the contrary to what he had said. Job ha…
19th Century
Anglican
And if it be not so now. —Job also has his facts, as ready and as incontrovertible as those of his friends, and yet irreconcilable with th…
Baptist
Job challenges all men to contradict what he affirms: that the righteous may be greater sufferers, and the wicked may for a while prosper, but that…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if [it be] not [so] now If this is not the case of men of such wicked lives as above described, do not prosper i…
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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