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His flesh shall be fresher than a child`s; He returns to the days of his youth.
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Restoration Follows Repentance
Commentators agree that the physical renewal described—flesh becoming like a child's—is the direct result of turning to God in repentance. As Albert Barnes and Matthew Henry explain, affliction is often God's tool for spiritual good. When a person confesses their sin, God graciously removes the affliction and restores them to health and vigor.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s—Margin, “childhood.” The meaning is obvious. He would be restored again to health. The calamity …
19th Century
Baptist
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's Being recovered from illness and restored to health, through the gracious …
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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…
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), …
