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"But now those who are younger than I, have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
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A Crushing Reversal of Honor
Commentators explain that Job's fall from grace is dramatically illustrated by who is mocking him. Once respected by the aged and honorable, he is now derided by the youngest and most worthless members of society—the children of men he considered too unreliable to even work alongside his sheepdogs.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now those who are younger than I - The margin reads, “of fewer days.” It is not probable that Job here refers to his three friends. It…
19th Century
Anglican
Whose fathers I would have disdained. —Rather, whose fathers I disdained to set. The complaint is that the child…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now [they that are] younger than I have me in derision, &c.] Meaning not his three friends, who were men in years, an…
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Job contrasts his present condition with his former honour and authority. What little cause do people have to be ambitious or proud of that which m…
13th Century
Catholic
After listing the many prosperous things he had enjoyed in the past, Job now lists the adversities he was suffering. He begins by showing that, in …
