Job 16:6

Verse 6

First division A HIGH-WROUGHT DESCRIPTION OF JOB’S SORROWS, DESERTED AND PERSECUTED BY GOD, AND PREYED UPON BY FRIENDS, Job 16:6-17.

First strophe Destitute of friends in God or man, he is forced back upon his own lamentable condition to feel that even his disease bears false witness against him, leading God to give him over into the power of his enemies, who gather around him like beasts of prey, Job 16:6-11.

6. Though If. He communes with himself as to whether he will continue the colloquy further. To speak or not to speak is all one, so far as consolation is concerned.

What am I eased Literally, what goes forth from me? that is, his grief does not depart.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

Verse 6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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