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When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man:
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God's Unshakeable Peace
Commentators emphasize that when God grants peace, no person, circumstance, or spiritual force can take it away. Several scholars note the Hebrew for "make trouble" can be translated as "condemn," linking this God-given quietness to the unshakeable assurance of justification. As Charles Spurgeon puts it, this peace "cannot be broken by all the devils in hell."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When he gives quietness - That is, when God designs to give rest, comfort, ease, or prosperity in any way to a man. The Hebrew word used her…
19th Century
Anglican
When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? —This is probably the meaning, but literally it is: Who can conde…
Baptist
And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him?
If God will not be seen, who can possibly see him? If he grows angry with a ma…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble ? &c.] Quietness or peace is of God; external peace to bodies of …
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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