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Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn`t have regard in any of his ways:
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Sin as Willful Rejection
Commentators explain that the sin leading to judgment is not an accident but a deliberate choice. The verse describes an active "turning back" from God and a willful refusal to "consider any of his ways." Scholars like John Gill attribute this to the "stubbornness of their wills," highlighting that sin is rooted in a conscious decision to reject God's guidance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Because they turned back from him - Margin, “from after him.” That is, they receded, or went away from God.
And would…
19th Century
Anglican
Because they turned back from him. —Elihu, therefore, as well as Job’s other friends, believed in the direct execution of God’s judgments.…
Baptist
It is a dreadful thing for princes and great men when the poor begin to cry to God against them. God will soon take up that quarrel; for, while the…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Because they turned back from him Became apostates from the ways and worship of God, as the posterity of Cain before…
Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove t…
13th Century
Catholic
There are two primary reasons why people deviate from justice. The first is that they show deference to important persons, and the second is that t…
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