He is chastened also with pain on his bed, With continual strife in his bones;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He is chastened also with pain - As another means of checking and restraining him from the commission of sin. When the warnings of …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He is chastened. —This is the second manner in which God speaks—first by dreams, etc., then by afflictions.

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed
This seems to be another way, in which God, according to his eternal pur…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job complained of his diseases and concluded from them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too. But Elihu shows that God often afflicts…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

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), …

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