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Job 19:17

Job 19:17
My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Yea, young children despised me,.... Having related what he met with within doors from those in his own house, the…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

My breath is strange to my wife - Schultens renders this, “my breath is loathsome to my wife,” and so also Noyes. Wemyss…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 19:8-22

Bildad had very disingenuously perverted Job's complaints by making them the description of the miserable condition of a…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Once more, if possible an acuter misery he is become intolerable to those most dear to him.

though I intreated Perhaps,…

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