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J. Richard Middleton – Abraham’s Silence

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I Repent and Find Comfort on Dust and Ashes

Job says, ind im reading here from the c e b translation that you cite, therefore i relent and find comfort on dust and ashes. That is the most contested verse in the whole book,. And there are so many different ways to translate, probably a dozen different ways you could translate it. The verb noham for can mean repent or can mean to be consoled, depending on context and so on. But in the book of job it means almost always, if not every single time, comfort.

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