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Job 17:10-16

JOB—NOTE ON Job 17:10 In both lines of v. Job 17:12, Job appears to refer to the viewpoint of his friends. They have said that if Job would simply repent, God will restore him and turn his night into day (see Job 5:17; Job 8:5; Job 11:13). However, Job argues that accepting that way of thinking would be to make his bed in darkness (Job 17:13). It would mean denying that God is both sovereign and just (and thus knows the truth). Job continues to hope (v. Job 17:15) that God will vindicate him.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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