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Job 34:7

Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity,.... The worst of men, who make it their constant business and…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? - A similar image occurs in Job 15:16. The idea is, that he…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Drinketh up scorning like water? - This is a repetition of the charge made against Job by Eliphaz, Job 15:16. It is a…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 34:1-9

Here, I. Elihu humbly addresses himself to the auditors, and endeavours, like an orator, to gain their good-will and…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Elihu cannot restrain his abhorrence of Job's sentiments. By scorningis meant impiety and scepticism. On the figure…

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