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He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.
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God's Protective Purpose
Commentators agree that this verse reveals the purpose of God's warnings described in the preceding verses. God communicates through dreams, conscience, and circumstances not to condemn, but to lovingly intervene. His goal is to prevent people from continuing on a path that leads to self-destruction, effectively saving them from themselves.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He keeps back his soul from the pit - The word "soul" in Hebrew is often equivalent to "self," and the idea is that God keeps a per…
19th Century
Baptist
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He keeps back his soul from the pit Or, "that he may keep back" F14 ; for this is another end and use of …
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God speaks to us by conscience, by providences, and by ministers; Elihu discourses on all of these. At that time, as far as we know, there was no D…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
