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For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause.
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Crushed by a Tempest
Job expresses the feeling of being overwhelmed by God's power, describing it as being broken by a tempest. Commentators note this imagery conveys the sudden, irresistible, and crushing nature of his afflictions. Job feels God is acting not as a fair judge, but as an absolute sovereign whose power is being used against him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he breaketh me - He is overwhelming me with a tempest; that is, with the storms of wrath. He shows me no mercy. The idea seems …
19th Century
Anglican
He breaks me ... —This is one of the three passages in which this word is found, the other two being Genesis 3:15, It shall
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he breaketh me with a tempest Which rises suddenly, comes powerfully, and carries all before it irresistibly; si…
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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 …
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…
