20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
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And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)Zophar, as the other two, here encourages Job to hope for better times if he would but come to a better temper. I. He gives him good counsel ( Job 11:13 , 14 ), as Eliphaz did (Job 5:8), and Bildad, Job 8:5. He would have him repent and return to God. Observe the steps of that return. 1. He must look within, and get his mind changed and the tree made good. He must prepare his heart ; there the wor…
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