15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-15)The scope of Elihu’s discourse to reconcile Job to his afflictions and to pacify his spirit under them. In order to this he had shown, in the foregoing chapter, that God meant him no hurt in afflicting him, but intended it for his spiritual benefit. In this chapter he shows that he did him no wrong in afflicting him, nor punished him more than he deserved. If the former could not prevail to satisf…
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