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God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
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Resistance is Futile
The commentators unanimously agree that resisting God is a path to failure. Job's question, "Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?" is rhetorical. Scholars explain that just as a sailor cannot prosper by sailing against the wind, no person can find success, peace, or prosperity by opposing God's will and authority.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He is wise in heart - Herder renders this,
Even the wise and the powerful,Who has withstood him and prospered?
Bu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[He is] wise in heart Originally, essentially, truly, really, and perfectly so; he is the only, and the all wise God…
In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied being a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before…
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13th Century
Catholic
In his previous answer to Eliphaz, blessed Job seemed to have overlooked one argument Eliphaz had proposed about God’s justice when he asked, W…
