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Didn`t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn`t one fashion us in the womb?

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Theological Basis for Equality

Job makes a profound theological argument for human equality. Commentators explain that by stating he and his servants were made by the same God in the womb, Job affirms their shared humanity and inherent dignity. This principle, if fully embraced, undermines all forms of oppression by recognizing that all people are fellow creatures of God, created on the same level.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Job 31:15

18th Century

Theologian

Did not He who made me in the womb make him? (Job 31:15a) — Had we not one and the same Creator, and do we not conseque…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Job 31:15

19th Century

Bishop

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? —He here meets the charges of Eliphaz (Job 22:6–7; [Reference J…

John Gill

John Gill

On Job 31:15

17th Century

Pastor

Did not he that made me in the womb make him ?
&c.] And her also, both his manservant and maidservant: these were ma…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Job 31:9–15

17th Century

Minister

All the defilements of life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those who indulge it are said to burn. It consumes all that is …