Job 1:9

Doth Job... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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1 Timothy 4:8 ; 1 Timothy 6:6 ; Job 1:21 ; Job 2:10 ; Job 21:14 ; Job 21:15 ; Malachi 1:10 ; Matthew 16:26
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁹ Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 1:9