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For they don`t sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
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Sin as a Compulsion
Commentators explain that this verse describes a "fearful stage of debasement" where evil becomes a second nature. For the wicked, sin is not just an occasional act but a necessary condition for rest. They literally cannot sleep until they have done something wrong, showing how deeply sin can enslave a person.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The counsel which has come to him, in substance, from his father. Compare it with 2 Samuel 23:2 and following; [Reference 1 Chronicles …
19th Century
Anglican
For they sleep not ...—The practice of evil has become as it were a second nature to them; they cannot live without it.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief Or they cannot sleep, as Jarchi and Gersom interpret it. Oftentim…
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