Job 15:20

"to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them):"

Key Reflection

In Job 15:20, the verse underscores the unique relationship between God and His chosen people, emphasizing that they alone occupied the land, with no outsiders intruding upon it. This passage reflects a common Old Testament theme of divine exclusivity and the special covenantal bond between Yahweh and Israel, highlighting how the blessings of the Promised Land were reserved for God’s people and no one else.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Travaileth with pain -That is, his sorrows are like the pains of parturition. Eliphaz means to say that he is a constant sufferer. All his days -It seems difficult to see how they could have ever formed this universal maxim. It is certainly not literally true now; nor was it ever. But in order to convey the doctrine that the wicked would be punished in as pointed and striking a manner as possible, it was made to assume this universal form - meaning that the life of the wicked would be miserable. There is some reason to think that this and what follows to the close of the chapter, is an ancient fragment which Eliphaz rehearses as containing the sentiments of a purer age of the world.

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