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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 20:14

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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turned--Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jer 2:21; compare Rev 10:9-10). gall--in which the poison of the asp was thought to lie. It rather is contained in a sack in the mouth. Scripture uses popular language, where no moral truth is thereby endangered.
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