... feel very rich, but really we are. Granted, we may not be as rich as Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or the descendants of Sam Walton, the Walmart founder. Billionaire H.L. Hunt, in an interview with Mike Wallace, once said, "I would starve to death with an income of ... deep breath outside a restaurant. 3. You're formulating a plan to rob the food bank. 4. Long distance companies don't call you to switch anymore. 5. You rob Peter . . . and then rob Paul. 6. You finally clean your house, hoping to find change. 7. ...
... his people in their affliction, but here Job derives no such comfort from the awesome power of God over nature. John Walton has suggested an alternative to the NIV reading “moves the mountains.”1 He argues that the Hebrew expression is better rendered “ ... God. 10:15–16 Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head. Despite his blamelessness, Job feels full of disgrace and robbed of all his dignity. He senses that regardless of his guilt or innocence, God would be against him all the same. Even if ...
... pounce upon the Israelites for their sins: “I will come upon them like a lion, like a leopard I will lurk by the path. Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open. Like a lion I will devour them; a wild animal will tear them apart” (Hos. 13 ... Kingdoms of Daniel 2 and 7,” Them 2 [1977], p. 43); or perhaps Urartu, Mannaea, and Scythia (J. H. Walton, “The Four Kingdoms of Daniel,” JETS 29 [1986], p. 30). Another suggestion is that they are three Babylonian kings: Nebuchadnezzar ...
