1. Job 22:7 (ESV)
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Commentary on Job 22:7 (Summary)

Job 22:7 (ESV)

7 You have given no water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

In Eliphaz’ reasoning, the reason why Job receives no mercy from God must be because he had shown no mercy to others.

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