6. Were I to renounce my right (that is, confess myself guilty), I
should die. Job virtually had said so
(Job 27:4, 5; 6:28).
MAURER, not so well, "Notwithstanding my right
(innocence) I am treated as a liar," by God, by His afflicting me.
my wound--literally, "mine arrow," namely, by which I am pierced.
So "my stroke" ("hand,"
Job 23:2,
Margin). My sickness
(Job 6:4; 16:13).
without transgression--without fault of mine to deserve it
(Job 16:17).
JFB.
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