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Job 6:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The things that my soul refuse to touch are as my sorrowful meat; rather, as in the Revised Version, my soul refuseth to touch them; they are as loathsome meat to me. The doubt remains whether Job is speaking of the arguments of Eliphaz, or of the series of afflictions which have befallen him.

Either explanation is possible.

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