Job 3:26
“I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I was not in safety,.... This cannot refer to the time of his prosperity; for he certainly then was in safety, God…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I was not in safety - That is, I have, or I had no peace. שׁלה shâlâh Septuagint, οὔτε εἰρήνευσα oute eirēneusa -…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 3:20-26
Job, finding it to no purpose to wish either that he had not been born or had died as soon as he was born, here…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 3:20-26
Why does God continue life to the wretched, who long for death?
The vision of the peacefulness of death passes away,…