I will answer thee; or "I must tell thee"; as the same writer renders the words, being able to make it clear and plain:that God is greater than man: than any man, than the greatest of men, most famous for power, wisdom, or justice; he is not only greater in his power, faithfulness, goodness, grace, and mercy, but in his holiness and righteousness, wisdom and knowledge; and therefore can never do either an unjust thing, or an unwise one; and for man, who is both sinful and ignorant, even the best in comparison of him, to arraign him at his bar, is very arrogant and presumptuous; since he knows best what to do, and what are his reasons for so doing, and is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works
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Job 32:2
Job 32:2
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because: Job 10:3, Job 27:2, Job 34:5-6, Job 34:17-18, Job 35:2, Job 40:8; Luke 10:29
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