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For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, Therefore have my words been rash.
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The Weight of Spiritual Anguish
Job uses the powerful image of the 'sand of the seas' to describe his suffering as an unbearable, crushing weight. Commentators explain this isn't just about physical pain or loss, but the inner torment of feeling God's wrath or absence. As Matthew Henry notes, this spiritual anguish is far heavier than any outward affliction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Heavier than the sand of the sea - That is, they would be found to be insupportable. Who could bear up the sands of the sea? So Job says of …
19th Century
Anglican
Swallowed up. —That is, words are useless and powerless to express it. (See the margin.)
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea Or "seas" F26 ; all sand is heavy in its own nature,…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…
