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Integrity in Every Transaction
Job's oath covers all forms of economic exploitation. Commentators explain this includes not just stealing land, but also failing to pay fair wages to laborers for their work, or demanding produce from tenants without proper compensation. It's a comprehensive claim to financial and business integrity.
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Job
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Albert Barnes
On Job 31:39
18th Century
Theologian
If I have eaten the fruits thereof - Margin, strength. The strength of the earth is that which the earth produces or which is the r…
John Gill
On Job 31:39
17th Century
Pastor
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money
Or, "the strength thereof without silver" F2 ; see ([Ref…
Matthew Henry
On Job 31:33–40
17th Century
Minister
Job clears himself from the charge of hypocrisy. We are reluctant to confess our faults, willing to excuse them, and to lay the blame upon others. …