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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Job 21:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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21:8 In spite of assertions by Eliphaz (5:4), Bildad (18:19), and Zophar (20:10), Job noted that the wicked enjoy children and grandchildren, which should be the reward of the righteous (Prov 17:6) but was apparently not going to be his own reward (Job 1:18-19; but see 42:13-16).
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