4Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. …
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The words of Job justifying himself were ended, Job 31:40. After that he said no more to that purport. The words of Job judging and condemning himself began, Job 40:4 , 5 . Here he goes on with words to the same purport. Though his patience had not its perfect work, his repentance for his impatience had. He is here thoroughly humbled for his folly and unadvised speaking, and it was forgiven him. G…
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