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He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.
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The Finality of Earthly Life
Commentators agree that Job is expressing a profound and universal truth: death marks a final departure from our earthly house, family, and community. As Albert Barnes notes, the familiar places and faces we love will no longer know us. This finality is a source of deep sorrow and a key part of Job's lament about the human condition.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He shall return no more to his house — He shall not revisit his family. Job is dwelling on the calamity of death, and one of the ci…
19th Century
Anglican
Neither shall his place ... —This language is imitated in Psalms 103:16. We need not press the meaning of these words too much, as…
Baptist
Am I such an important thing, such a dangerous thing, that I ought to be watched like this, and perpetually hampered, and tethered, and kept within…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He shall return no more to his house In a literal sense, built or hired by him, or however in which he dwelt; and if…
Plain truths concerning the shortness and vanity of human life, and the certainty of death, do us good when we think and speak of them, applying th…
13th Century
Catholic
The blessed Job has previously demonstrated that the comfort Eliphaz offered, which promised happiness in this earthly life, was unsuitable. He fir…
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