2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# For now I would have been lying down quietly. I would have slept and been at rest
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-06-25 15:08:24 +00:00
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Job is talking about what would have been true if he had died at birth. He is sad that these things are not true.
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# lying down quietly
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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"asleep, resting peacefully"
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# been at rest
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-06-25 15:08:24 +00:00
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This means to sleep peacefully in death, but also that Job would not be experiencing the pain that he does.
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