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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 17:2

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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17:2 surrounded by mockers: Laments typically describe mockery as the response of the wicked to the distress of the righteous (Pss 22:7; 69:10-12; 89:50-52). In wisdom literature, mockery is directed against the right behavior (Prov 1:22; 9:7).
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