15. namely, at the resurrection
(Joh 5:28;
Ps 17:15).
have a desire to--literally, "become pale with anxious desire:" the
same word is translated "sore longedst after"
(Ge 31:30;
Ps 84:2),
implying the utter unlikelihood that God would leave in oblivion the
"creature of His own hands so fearfully and wonderfully made." It is
objected that if Job knew of a future retribution, he would make it the
leading topic in solving the problem of the permitted
afflictions of the righteous. But, (1) He did not intend to exceed the
limits of what was clearly revealed; the doctrine was then in a
vague form only; (2) The doctrine of God's moral government in
this life, even independently of the future, needed
vindication.
JFB.
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