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Seeing vs. Overlooking
Commentators clarify that Job isn't claiming to have never witnessed poverty. Rather, his oath is that he never saw someone perishing for lack of clothing and then despised or overlooked them. John Gill explains that for Job, seeing a need was inseparable from acting with compassion to meet that need. This challenges believers to not just notice suffering but to respond to it actively.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 31:19
18th Century
Theologian
If I have seen any perish ... — He turns to another virtue of the same general class—that of providing for the poor. The meaning is…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 31:19
19th Century
Bishop
If I have seen any perish for want of. —Or, any wanderer without.
John Gill
On Job 31:19
17th Century
Pastor
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing
A man may be in such poor circumstances as to want proper clothing to…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 31:16–23
17th Century
Minister
Job's conscience gave testimony concerning his just and charitable behaviour toward the poor. He is most expansive on this topic, because in this m…