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Job 34:7 Cross-References
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“What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?”
Job 34:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Job 34:7
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? Elihu's rhetorical question carries biting sarcasm. The verb "drinketh up" (shatah, שָׁתָה) ordinarily means to drink normally, but paired with "scorning" (la'ag, לַעַג, mockery or derision) it suggests Job imbibes mockery as readily and constantly as one drinks water. The imagery is vivid—Job doesn't merely endure mockery but seems to consume it eagerly. Elihu accuses Job of habitually speaking contemptuously about divine providence.This characterization is deeply unfair. Job hasn't mocked God but has honestly expressed his anguish an...
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Cross-References for Job 34:7
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“a man who drinks iniquity like water!”
“when he hears the words of this curse”
“ye thoughtless”
“and drink the wine of violence.”