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Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
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Death, the Great Equalizer
Commentators explain that in death, Job would be on the same level as powerful princes. Their gold and silver could not save them from the grave and became useless. Death is portrayed as the great equalizer, stripping away all earthly status and wealth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Or with princes that had gold - That is, he would have been united with the rich and the great. Is there not here also a slight evi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Or with princes that had gold A large abundance of it while they lived, but now, being dead, were no longer in the p…
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…
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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…
