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How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him?
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Humility Before Majesty
Commentators agree that Job's statement is a profound acknowledgment of God's overwhelming power and wisdom. Faced with a God who controls the cosmos and before whom even the proudest powers must bow, Job recognizes his own frailty. This verse teaches that a correct view of God's majesty naturally leads to human humility.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How much less shall I answer him? - I, who am so feeble, how can I contend with him? If the most mighty objects in the universe are under hi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
How much less shall I answer him Who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength, and has done and does the many things…
Job is still righteous in his own eyes (Job 32:1), and his answer, though it sets forth the power and majesty of God, implies that the …
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13th Century
Catholic
Since the blessed Job wished to affirm that he did not desire to argue with God, he first showed the depth of God's wisdom in natural things by usi…
