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I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble comes."
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A Cry of Relentless Pain
Commentators note that Job piles up similar phrases—"not at ease," "not quiet," "no rest"—to express a suffering so profound and continuous that a single word is insufficient. His final phrase, "but trouble cometh," signifies that his afflictions are not a single event but a relentless, ongoing wave with no end in sight. This verse powerfully captures the feeling of being completely overwhelmed by sorrow.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I was not in safety - That is, I had no peace. שׁלה shâlâh Septuagint, οὔτε εἰρήνευσα oute eirēneusa — “…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I was not in safety This cannot refer to the time of his prosperity; for he certainly then was in safety, God having…
Job was like a man who had lost his way, and had no prospect of escape, or hope of better times. But surely he was in a poor state of mind for deat…
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13th Century
Catholic
After Job has despised his own life in many ways, he now despises the life of the entire human race as a whole, both for those in prosperity and th…
