Job 12:14

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

shutteth... opening. Hebrew idiom for exercising authority. Compare Revelation 3:7. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.

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¹⁴ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth upd a man, and there can be no opening.

Related Commentaries of Job 12:14

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Job 12:14