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8Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

Job 35:8

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 1-8)

We have here, I. The bad words which Elihu charges upon Job, Job 35:2 , 3 . To evince the badness of them he appeals to Job himself, and his own sober thoughts, in the reflection: Thinkest thou this to be right ? This intimates Elihu’s confidence that the reproof he now gave was just, for he could refer the judgment of it even to Job himself. Those that have truth and equity on their side sooner o...

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