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Job 6:10

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It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 10

Eliphaz concluded his discourse with an air of assurance; very confident he was that what he had said was so plain and so pertinent that nothing could be objected in answer to it. But, though he that is first in his own cause seems just, yet his neighbour comes and searches him. Job is not convinced by all he had said, but still justifies himself in his complaints and condemns him for the weakness of his arguing. I. He shows that he had just cause to complain as he did of his troubles, and so it would appear to any impartial judge (Job 6:2-7). II. He continues his passionate wish that he might speedily be cut off by the stroke of death, and so be eased of all his miseries (Job 6:8-13). III. He reproves his friends for their uncharitable censures of him and their unkind treatment (v. 14-30). It must be owned that Job, in all this, spoke much that was reasonable, but with a mixture of passion and human infirmity. And in this contest, as indeed in most contests, there was fault on both sides.

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Strong's Concordancev. 10

נֶחָמָה (nechâmâh, H5165) — consolation סָלַד (çâlad, H5539) — probably to leap (with joy), i.e. exult חִיל (chîyl, H2427) — a throe (expectant of childbirth) חָמַל (châmal, H2550) — to commiserate; by implication, to spare כָּחַד (kâchad, H3582) — to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroy אֵמֶר (ʼêmer, H561) — something said קָדוֹשׁ (qâdôwsh, H6918) — sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a…

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Job 23:12rank 6

I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Leviticus 19:2rank 4

“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

Isaiah 57:15rank 4

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Revelation of John 3:7rank 2

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open.

Deuteronomy 29:20rank 2

The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

Job 22:22rank 2

Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.

Job 9:4rank 2

God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?

Romans 8:32rank 2

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Hosea 11:9rank 2

I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.

Acts 20:20rank 2

I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

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