17For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)What Job had said of man’s utter inability to contend with God he here applies to himself, and in effect despairs of gaining his favour, which (some think) arises from the hard thoughts he had of God, as one who, having set himself against him, right or wrong, would be too hard for him. I rather think it arises from the sense he had of the imperfection of his own righteousness, and the dark and cl…
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