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"As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
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A Paradoxical Oath of Faith
Commentators highlight the profound paradox in Job's oath. He swears by the living God, the highest authority, while simultaneously accusing that same God of denying him justice and causing him pain. This shows a complex faith that can hold two realities at once: God's ultimate sovereignty and the raw, painful experience of suffering. Job's confidence in his own integrity is so strong that he can appeal to a judge who has seemingly already ruled against him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As God lives - This is a form of solemn adjuration, or an oath by the living God: “As certainly as God lives.” It is the form by which God H…
19th Century
Anglican
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment. — Job’s faith leads him to see that, though there may be no explanation f…
Baptist
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; all the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[As] God liveth Which is an oath, as Jarchi observes, and is a form of one frequently used, see (2 Samuel 2:27) (4:9) ;…
Job's friends now allowed him to speak, and he proceeded in a serious and useful manner. Job had confidence in the goodness both of his cause and o…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had successfully refuted the speech of Bildad, who had cited divine power against him as if Job were ignorant of its greatness. Whe…
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