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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 30:20

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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stand up--the reverential attitude of a suppliant before a king (Kg1 8:14; Luk 18:11-13). not--supplied from the first clause. But the intervening affirmative "stand" makes this ellipsis unlikely. Rather, as in Job 16:9 (not only dost thou refuse aid to me "standing" as a suppliant, but), thou dost regard me with a frown: eye me sternly.
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