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But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.
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Easier Said Than Done
Eliphaz points out that Job, who excelled at comforting others, now crumbles when affliction comes to him. Commentators explain this highlights a universal human challenge: it is far easier to give advice during trials than to endure them with patience ourselves. This serves as a call to self-examination, ensuring our own endurance matches the counsel we give.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now it has come upon you - That is, calamity; or, the same trial which others have had, and in which you have so successfully exhorted a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now it is come upon you, and you faint The affliction and evil that he feared, (Job 3:25); or rather…
Satan undertook to prove Job a hypocrite by afflicting him; and his friends concluded him to be one because he was so afflicted and showed impatien…
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13th Century
Catholic
Job's friends, who came to console him, had kept silent until now because of the severity of his pain. After Job finished speaking, they boldly beg…
