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Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, Men in whom ripe age has perished?
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The Lowest of the Low
Commentators explain that Job is describing the fathers of his young mockers as the most degraded members of society. They were feeble, lazy, and utterly without value or strength. Their scorn was particularly humiliating because even these outcasts, who some scholars suggest were like nomadic cave-dwellers, felt superior to him in his suffering.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me - There has been much difference of opinion regarding the meaning of this …
19th Century
Anglican
To what purpose might the strength of their hands profit me? This is the description of the fathers; Job 30:3 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, whereto [might] the strength of their hands [profit] me , &c.] For though they were strong, lusty, hale men, ab…
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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 …
