Job 21:7

"When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh."

Key Reflection

This verse reveals the deep emotional and spiritual turmoil Job experiences when he reflects on his situation. The physical response of "horror taking hold of my flesh" symbolizes the intense anguish and fear that come with confronting the injustices and suffering in his life, highlighting the profound impact of his reflections.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Wherefore do the wicked live? -Job comes now to the main design of his argument in this chapter, to show that it is a fact, that the wicked often have great prosperity; that they are not treated in this life according to their character; and that it is not a fact that men of eminent wickedness, as his friends maintained, would meet, in this life, with proportionate sufferings. He says, that the fact is, that they enjoy great prosperity; that they live to a great age; and that they are surrounded with the comforts of life in an eminent degree.

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