Job 18:3

Wherefore... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

vile: or, stupid.

your sight. Septuagint and Syriac read "thine eyes".

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³ Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 18:3