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If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, `Who,` says he, `will summon me?`
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An Unwinnable Contest
Commentators agree that Job feels trapped. He argues that if his case against God were a contest of strength, God is infinitely stronger. If it were a trial of justice, there is no higher court or authority that could summon God to appear or preside over the case. This highlights humanity's absolute inability to contend with God on its own terms.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong—There has been considerable variety in the interpretation of this passage. The meaning see…
19th Century
Anglican
If I speak of strength. —All this is the most uncompromising acknowledgment of the absolute inability of man to stand in judgment …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong Or think of it, or betake myself to that, and propose to carry my point…
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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…
