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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 31:30

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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mouth--literally, "palate." (See on Job 6:30). wishing--literally, "so as to demand his (my enemy's) soul," that is, "life by a curse." This verse parenthetically confirms Job 31:30. Job in the patriarchal age of the promise, anterior to the law, realizes the Gospel spirit, which was the end of the law (compare Lev 19:18; Deu 23:6, with Mat 5:43-44).
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