7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit as Job’s was. Two things he insists upon as greatly aggravating his affliction:— I. The meanness of the persons that affronted him. As it added much to his honour, in the day of his prosperity, that…
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