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Job 19
Job 19 — Overview
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Job 19 — OverviewJob 19 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter is Job's answer to Bildad's discourse in the foregoing
chapter. Though his spirit was grieved and much heated, and Bildad was
very peevish, yet he gave him leave to say all he designed to say, and…Job 19 — OverviewJob 19 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains Job's reply to Bildad's second speech, in which he complains of the ill usage of his friends, of their continuing to vex him, and to beat, and bruise, and break him in pieces with their hard words,…Job 19:1-7Job 19:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob's friends had passed a very severe censure upon him as a wicked man
because he was so grievously afflicted; now here he tells them how ill
he took it to be so censured. Bildad had twice begun with a How long…Job 19:1Job 19:1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Biblewhich he thought was very cruel, since, if he was mistaken, the mistake lay with himselfJob 19:2Job 19:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHow long: Job 8:2, Job 18:2; Psalms 13:1; Revelation 6:10
vex: Job 27:2; Judges 16:16; Psalms 6:2-3, Psalms 42:10; 2 Peter 2:7-8
break me: Psalms 55:21, Psalms 59:7, Psalms 64:3; Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 18:21; James…Job 19:2Job 19:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleHow long will ye vex my soul,.... Which of all vexation is the worst; not only his bones were vexed, but his soul also, as David's was, Ps 6:2. His body was vexed with boils from head to feet; but now his soul was vexed…