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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? —He here meets the charges of Eliphaz (Job 22:6–7; [Reference J…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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13th Century
Catholic
After Job recounted his former prosperity (Job 29) and his subsequent hardship (Job 30), he now demonstrates his innocence …