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With kings and counselors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;
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The Tombs of Kings
Commentators widely agree that the "waste places" or "desolate places" Job mentions are not ruined cities but magnificent, self-glorifying tombs. Think of the Egyptian pyramids or other grand mausoleums. These structures, built by powerful kings and counselors for themselves, were desolate because they were inhabited only by the dead.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With kings — Reposing as they do. This is the language of calm meditation on what would have been the consequence if he had died when he was…
19th Century
Anglican
Desolate places—that is, gorgeous tombs and splendid sepulchres, which, being tenanted only by the dead, are desolate; or it may m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
With the kings and counsellors of the earth From whom he might descend, he being a person of great distinction and f…
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Job complained of those present at his birth for their tender attention to him. No creature comes into the world so helpless as man. God's power an…
13th Century
Catholic
After cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception to show that he detested his life from its beginning, Job now shows that he also…
