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They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
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Ignoring God's Correction
Commentators explain that dying "in youth" refers to a life cut short as a consequence of ignoring God's discipline. When God sends affliction to teach or correct, those who refuse to learn—whether openly wicked or secretly hypocritical—face a premature and tragic end.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They die in youth - Margin, “Their soul dies.” The word “soul” or “life” in Hebrew is used to denote oneself. The meaning is that t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They die in youth They, or "their soul" F21 ; which, though that dies not, being immaterial and immortal; yet being…
Elihu here shows that God acts as righteous Governor. He is always ready to defend those who are injured. If our eye is always toward God in duty, …
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13th Century
Catholic
Elihu wanted to argue against two points he found in Job's words: first, Job's claim that he was righteous, and second, his accusation that God's j…
