22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
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And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD,(save us not this day,) …
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-23)Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6-9): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing , and sent widows away empty . One would think he could not have been so very positive and express in his charge unless there had been some truth in it, some ground, for it; and yet it appears, by Job’s protestation, that it was utterly…
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