Job 26:2

"Then Job answered,"

Key Reflection

In Job 26:2, "Then Job answered," marks a pivotal moment where Job responds to the challenges posed by his friends, highlighting his own understanding and faith despite their objections. This line sets up the contrast between Job's unwavering trust in God and the limited perspectives of those around him, emphasizing themes of divine power and human limitations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

How hast thou helped him that is without power? -It has been doubted whether this refers to Job himself, the two friends of Bildad, or to the Deity. Rosenmuller. The connection, however, seems to demand that it should be referred to Job himself. It is sarcastical. Bildad had come as a friend and comforter. He had, also, in common with Eliphaz and Zophar, taken upon himself the office of teacher and counsellor. He had regarded Job as manifesting great weakness in his views of God and of his government; as destitute of all strength to bear up aright under trials, and now all that he had done to aid one so weak was found in the impertinent and irrelevant generalities of his brief speech.

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