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**answered** = replied. See note on [Job 4:1](../../../kjv/job/4/1) .

**miserable** = wearisome.

**Shall . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**vain words** = empty words. Heb, words of wind.
**what . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**your soul** = you (emph.) Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .
**my soul** = me (emph.) Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 .

**is** = is become.
**leanness.** Figure of speech *Prosopopoeia.* App-6 .

**the ungodly** = an evil one. Hebrew. *'aval.* App-44 .
**the wicked** = the lawless ones. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 .

**giant** = mighty man. Hebrew. *gibbor.* App-14 .

**sewed sackcloth, &c.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the sorrow which accompanied it.

**shadow of death.** Not a mere shade or shadow, but the deep darkness of the grave. Compare [Job 3:5](../../../kjv/job/3/5) ; [Job 10:21](../../../kjv/job/10/21) ; [Job 12:22](../../../kjv/job/12/22) ; [Job 24:17](../../../kjv/job/24/17) ; [Job 28:3](../../../kjv/job/28/3) ; [Job 34:22](../../../kjv/job/34/22) , &c.

**injustice** = violence. Only occurrence of English word in O.T.

**O.** Figure of speech *Ecphonesis.* App-6 .
**cover not. my blood.** The reference is to the practice which remains to this day, based on [Numbers 35:33](../../../kjv/numbers/35/33) .[Leviticus 17:13](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/13) . Job's desire is that the evidence of his sufferings may not be hidden.

**friends** = neighbours.
**GOD.** Hebrew Eloah. App-4 .

**man** = strong man. Hebrew. *geber.* App-14 .
**man** = son of man. Hebrew. *ben-'adam.* App-14 .

**the way, &c.** Figure of speech *Euphemism* ( App-6 ), for death.

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