4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: …
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. …
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.
With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here, I. Zophar begins very passionately, and seems to be in a great heat at what Job had said. Being resolved to condemn Job for a bad man, he was much displeased that he talked so like a good man, and, as it should seem, broke in upon him, and began abruptly (Job 20:2): Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer . He takes no notice of what Job had said to move their pity, or to evidence his ow…
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