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"Therefore I will not keep silent. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
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A Cry of Anguish
Commentators explain that Job's outburst is a direct result of his overwhelming pain and the dread of death's finality. His statement, "I will not refrain my mouth," is a raw, human expression of a spirit pushed to its breaking point, showing that even the faithful can experience moments of profound despair.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth - The idea in this verse is, “Such is my distress at the prospect of dying, that I cannot he…
19th Century
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth From speaking and complaining; since, besides the common lot of mankind, which…
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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
After demonstrating through arguments that Eliphaz's consolation of earthly prosperity was inconsistent, Job now shows the same thing by arguing fo…
