19. When man does not heed warnings of the night, he is chastened,
&c. The new thought suggested by Elihu is that affliction is
disciplinary
(Job 36:10);
for the good of the godly.
multitude--so the Margin, Hebrew (Keri). Better with the
text (Chetib), "And with the perpetual (strong) contest of his
bones"; the never-resting fever in his bones
(Ps 38:3)
[UMBREIT].
JFB.
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