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Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
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God's Offer of Restoration
Commentators agree that Elihu is presenting Job with a conditional promise. God's desire is not to crush but to restore. He offers to lead Job out of his 'strait' circumstances into a 'broad place' of freedom and prosperity. However, this deliverance is contingent on Job abandoning his pride and adopting a humble, submissive spirit.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Even so would He have removed you - That is, if you had been patient and resigned, and if you had gone to Him with a broken heart. Having st…
19th Century
Anglican
Even so would he have removed thee. It is possible to understand this verse somewhat differently, and the sense may perha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Even so Here Elihu accommodates what he had said to the case of Job; that had he hearkened and been obedient to the voice…
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Elihu shows that Job caused the continuation of his own trouble. He cautions him not to persist in obstinacy. Even good people need to be kept to t…
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…
