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The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.
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Death, the Great Equalizer
Commentators agree that this verse powerfully illustrates death as the ultimate equalizer. In the grave, all worldly distinctions of status, wealth, and power are erased. The 'small and the great' lie together without any difference, a universal truth that Job contemplates in his suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The small and the great are there - The old and the young, the high and the low. Death levels all. It shows no respect to age; it s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The small and great are there Both as to age, and with respect to bulk and strength of body, and also to estate and …
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…
