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Then you scar me with dreams, And terrify me through visions:
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Accusing God in Anguish
In his profound suffering, Job directly accuses God of tormenting him with nightmares. Commentators note that while the dreams might have natural or even demonic causes, Job attributes them to God because he sees God as sovereign over his affliction. This reveals the raw, unfiltered honesty of Job's lament.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then you scare me - This is an address to God. He regarded Him as the source of his sorrows, and he expresses his sense of this in language …
19th Century
Baptist
Were you ever in this terrible place, dear friend? Some of us have been there, and we have used the very language of Job; and yet, for all that, we…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then you scare me with dreams Not with dreams and visions being told him, as were by Eliphaz, (Job 4:13)…
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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 Job has shown that the consolation of Eliphaz, which was based on the promise of earthly happiness, was leading him to despair and the desire…
