“Why did I not die [f]at birth, come out of the womb and pass away? Job 3:11 NASB Pass away – We’ll have to add another verse in order to understand the implications of this one. That other verse is Job 3:13: “For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then,…
“Why did I not die at birth, come forth from the womb and expire?” Job 3:11 NASB Expire – The end of erosion is questioning. Questioning is not doubt. We don’t doubt that God exists, that He is good, that He is just or that He is sovereign. We question His motives. So does Job….
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? Job 31:1 ESV Gaze – Maybe this verse is just for men. Maybe. In its simplest rendition, it declares Job’s promise not to determine to know. It isn’t that Job says he will never look at an appealing woman….
