For God: Psalms 22:14; Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 57:16
Almighty: Job 27:2; Ruth 1:20; Psalms 88:16; Joel 1:15
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Job 23:16
Job 23:16
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Verses 1-24:25
Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his complaints, first,…Job 23:1-17Job 23:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryLonging for the appearance of the delivering and justifying God.
I. EXCLAMATION. (Job 23:2-5.) So bitter is his complaint, "his hand is heavy upon his groaning," i.e. he must force groan after groan out of himself. Oh…Job 23:13-17Job 23:13-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSome make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly
with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or
relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to produce of
his…