he desires to know what his sins were, that he should hide his face from him, and treat him with so much severity, who was but a poor, weak, feeble creature
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Job 13:18
Job 13:18
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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