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How much less when you say you don`t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
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Trust the Unseen God
Commentators explain that Elihu is responding to Job's despair over not being able to see God act. The core message is that God's invisibility does not equal His inactivity or injustice. Faith requires trusting that God is present and attentive even when we cannot perceive His work in our circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Although you say you will not see Him—This is addressed to Job and is designed to entreat him to trust in God. Elihu seems to refer…
19th Century
Anglican
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him. —Rather, You do not behold Him.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Although you say you shall not see him Which is another expression of Job's taken notice of by Elihu, and to which h…
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As in prosperity we are ready to think our mountain will never be brought low; so when in adversity, we are ready to think our valley will never be…
13th Century
Catholic
After Eliud had rejected Job's words—because in his estimation Job attributed evil to divine judgment—he now intends to rebuke him for saying that …
