3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
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Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)It is sad to see what intemperate passions even wise and good men are sometimes betrayed into by the heat of disputation, of which Zophar here is an instance. Eliphaz began with a very modest preface, Job 4:2. Bildad was a little more rough upon Job, Job 8:2. But Zophar falls upon him without mercy, and gives him very bad language: Should a man full of talk be justified? And should thy lies make m…
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