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Job 5:2

Job 5:2

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

here a charge of impatience is suggested, contrary to the character even of Job, ;shall the earth be forsaken for thee? through fear of thee, because of thy rage and fury; dost thou think that the inhabitants of the earth will flee before thee, at thy storming, rage, and wrath?

before God none can stand when he is angry: there is no abiding his indignation when his fury is poured out like fire, and persons of the greatest rank will flee to the rocks and mountains to hide them from his face and fury; but what dost thou think, or make thyself to be, to be as Deity, that the inhabitants of the earth should flee fore thee, and forsake it?

or when thou diest, dost thou think that all the inhabitants of the earth will die with thee, and so it will be forsaken for thy sake?

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