14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. …
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): “ Return, and come now , be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind; for I cannot find one wise man among you , that knows how to explain the difficulties of God’s providence or how to apply…
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