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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CHALLENGE . To ‘challenge’ in the language of AV [Note: Authorized Version.] is to claim , as in Golding’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Calvin’s Job , p. 578; ‘Iob neuer went about to challenge such perfection, as to have no sinne in him.’ The word occurs in Exodus 22:9 , in the heading of Isaiah 45 ‘By his omnipotency he challengeth obedience;’ and in Job 3:5 AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] .

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Challenge'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/challenge.html. 1909.
 
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