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So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.
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An Inheritance of Misery
Commentators explain that Job feels his suffering is an "inheritance." The Hebrew implies that months of emptiness and nights of intense pain have become his only allotted portion. This wasn't a fleeting problem but a prolonged season of profound, comfortless affliction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
So am I made to possess - The Hebrew is: "I am made to inherit." The meaning is that such sad and melancholy seasons were now his o…
19th Century
Baptist
And as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So am I made to possess months of vanity This is not a reddition or application of the above similes of the servant …
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Job here excuses what he could not justify: his desire for death. Observe man's present place: he is on earth. He is still on earth, not in hell. I…
13th Century
Catholic
Since Eliphaz previously spoke (Job 5:17–27) to move blessed Job from despair, he promised him earthly happiness if he would not reject…
