Job 23:1

Then Job answered,

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Then Job answered,

BSB

Then Job answered:

KJV

Then Job answered and said,

ASV

Then Job answered and said,

BBE

And Job made answer and said,

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וַיַּעַן vai·ya·'an and he answered H6030 אִיּוֹב 'i·yov Job H347 וַיֹּאמַר vai·yo·mar and he said H559

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy-seat, waiting to be gracious. Thither the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from his promises, his covenant, and his glory. A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job.

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