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Isn`t it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
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A Cry of Utter Despair
Several commentators, including Albert Barnes, suggest this verse is not a question but a cry of total despair. In this view, Job is affirming his complete lack of inner strength and that all hope of deliverance has vanished. It's a raw expression of hitting rock bottom, where personal resources are exhausted.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is not my help in me? - This would be better rendered in an affirmative manner, or as an exclamation. The interrogative form of the previo…
19th Century
Anglican
Is not my help in me? — It is in passages such as these that the actual meaning of Job is so obscure and his words so dif…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Is] my help in me ? &c.] Or "my defence" F25 , as some; is it not in my power to defend myself against t…
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Job had desired death as the welcome end to his miseries. Eliphaz had reproved him for this, but Job asks for it again with more vehemence than bef…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding verses, Job had shown that while he felt pain and spoke from that pain, he did so rationally and was not carried away by his suffe…
