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"It is all the same. Therefore I say, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
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Suffering Isn't a Moral Report Card
All commentators agree on Job's central argument: earthly circumstances are not a reliable measure of a person's righteousness. He observes that both the 'perfect' (righteous) and the wicked suffer similar calamities in this life. This directly challenges his friends' simplistic view that suffering is always a direct result of sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This is one thing, therefore I said it—This may mean, “it is all the same thing. It makes no difference whether a man is righteous or wicked…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
This [is] one [thing] Or "one thing [there] is" F24 in the world, as Jarchi adds; or "one measure", as th…
Job touches briefly upon the main point now in dispute. His friends maintained that those who are righteous and good always prosper in this world, …
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13th Century
Catholic
After blessed Job has shown that it is not his intention to argue with God, he proposes the principal issue in dispute between him and his adversar…
