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The east wind carries him away, and he departs; It sweeps him out of his place.
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The Storm of Judgment
Commentators explain that the 'east wind' is not a random weather event but a powerful metaphor for God's active judgment. This divine 'storm' represents the end of God's patience, violently and irresistibly sweeping the wicked person away from their home, possessions, and life itself, into destruction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The east wind carrieth him away - He is swept off as by the violence of a tempest. Severe storms are represented in this book as coming fro…
19th Century
Baptist
These are your great ones, your proud ones, your strong men who fear nothing, and who would confidently expect to live for the next twenty years; s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The east wind carries him away Which is very strong and powerful, and carries all before it; afflictions are sometimes compare…
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Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were …
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…
