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Please return. Let there be no injustice; Yes, return again, my cause is righteous.
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A Desperate Plea to Be Heard
Commentators agree that Job is earnestly pleading with his friends to re-engage in the conversation. He senses they are dismissing him or physically leaving and begs them to 'return' to the argument. This is not just a debate tactic; it's the cry of a suffering person desperate for a fair and patient hearing from those he considered his friends.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Return, please - That is, return to the argument. Give your attention to it again. Perhaps he may have discerned a disposition in them to tu…
19th Century
Anglican
Return, I pray you. —“Do not regard the case as settled, but come again and examine it; try once more before you decide t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Return, I pray you From the ill opinion you have of me, and from your hard censures, and entertain other sentiments …
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In his prosperity, Job formed great expectations from his friends, but now was disappointed. This he compares to the failing of brooks in summer. T…
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…
