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My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.
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The Taste of Suffering
Commentators explain that Job is using a powerful metaphor. His suffering is described as "loathsome food" that his very soul refuses to touch. Just as the body recoils from spoiled food, Job's entire being recoils from his agonizing circumstances, which he is forced to experience daily.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The things that my soul refused to touch—That I refused to touch—the word “soul” here being used to denote himself. The idea here i…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The things [that] my soul refused to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat . Meaning eithe…
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…
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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…
