Job 29:8
“The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The young men saw me, and hid themselves,.... Through a veneration of him; which was much, since young men, through a…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The young men saw me, and hid themselves - That is, they retired as if awed at my presence. They gave place to me, or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 29:7-17
We have here Job in a post of honour and power. Though he had comfort enough in his own house, yet he did not confine…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
hid themselves The young men withdrew out of reverence, not knowing perhaps how to meet and rightly salute one so great…
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