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Barnes' Notes on Job 16:2

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Many such things - That is, either things fitted to provoke and irritate, or sentiments that are common-place. There was nothing new in what they said, and nothing to the purpose. Miserable comforters - Compare Job 13:4. They had come professedly to condole with him. Now all that they said was adapted only to irritate, and to deepen his distress. He was disappointed; and he was deeply wounded and grieved. return to 'Top of Page'
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