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A Response Born of Pain
Commentators note that this verse introduces Job's reply not as a calm debate, but as a cry of despair. Having been denied the sympathy he expected from Eliphaz, Job speaks from a place of deep emotional pain and a feeling of being completely misunderstood by his friend.
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Charles Ellicott
On Job 6:1
19th Century
Bishop
But Job answered and said. —Job replies to Eliphaz with the despair of a man who has been denied the sympathy he hoped to…
John Gill
On Job 6:1
17th Century
Pastor
But Job answered and said .
Though Eliphaz thought his speech was unanswerable, being, as he and his friends judged,…
Matthew Henry
On Job 6:1–7
17th Century
Minister
Job still justifies himself in his complaints. In addition to outward troubles, the inner sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolu…