Job 5:21
“Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue,.... Of Satan, as Jarchi, the accuser of the brethren; or rather from…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue - Margin, Or, “when the tongue scourgeth.” The word rendered “scourge”…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 5:17-27
Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 5:17-27
The imagination of Eliphaz himself kindles as he contemplates the universal goodness of God. And Job seems to him happy…
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