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They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Without anyone`s help.
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A Deliberate Ruin
Commentators explain that Job's enemies are not passive observers but active agents in his suffering. They "mar" his path, a metaphor for systematically destroying his life's plans and progress. They also "set forward" his calamity, meaning they eagerly contribute to and hasten his ruin, taking pleasure in adding to his affliction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They ruin my path - They break up all my plans. Perhaps here, also, the image is taken from war, and Job may represent himself as on a line …
19th Century
Anglican
They have no helper — i.e., probably without deriving from it any help or advantage themselves.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They mar my path Hindered him in the exercise of religious duties; would not suffer him to attend the ways and worsh…
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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 …
