Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 21:31
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?Declare — His power and splendor are so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him. read more
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John Wesley
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 21:32
Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.And — The pomp of his death shall be suitable to the glory of his life.Brought — With pomp and state, as the word signifies.Grave — Heb. to the graves; to an honourable and eminent grave: the plural number being used emphatically to denote eminency. He shall not die a violent but a natural death. read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.Valley — Of the grave, which is low and deep like a valley.Sweet — He shall sweetly rest in his grave.Draw — Heb. he shall draw every man after him, into the grave, all that live after him, whether good or bad, shall follow him to the grave, shall die as he did. So he fares no worse herein than all mankind. He is figuratively said to draw them, because they come after him,... read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood How — Why then do you seek to comfort me with vain hopes of recovering my prosperity, seeing your grounds are false, and experience shews, that good men are often in great tribulation, while the vilest of men prosper. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:17
Second half of main division ANTITHETIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE PRECEDING PROPOSITION, DERIVED FROM EXPERIENCE, (Zockler,) Job 21:17-26. First strophe Even if the pitiable pretence of the friends be true, that the children of the wicked suffer if the parent himself does not, it does not meet the difficulty, since it is no punishment for the wicked man in his supreme selfishness, Job 21:17-21. 17. How oft Bildad’s assertion. (Job 18:5-6; see note,) that the light of the wicked is put out, is... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:18
18. As stubble To be read as a question: (how oft) are they as stubble before the wind? etc. (Compare Job 20:8-9.) read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:19
19. Iniquity און also signifies “calamity,” “wealth” a network of meanings exceedingly suggestive. One of the positions taken by the friends of Job was, “God layeth up the iniquity of the wicked for his children,” (Job 5:4; Job 20:10;) if he does not visit it upon the parents, he certainly does upon the children. Horace has a similar thought: Delicta majorum immeritus lues Romane. Thou, O Roman, innocent Shalt suffer for the sins of thy ancestors. Cicero, on the other hand, denounces the... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:20
20. His eyes shall see Better, His eyes should see… and he should drink, etc. Job is still answering the insufficient theory of substitution. It is right that the parent, not the child should see destruction. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:21
21. Pleasure חפצ sometimes bears a wider meaning of “concern,” “interest,” (Job 32:3; Isaiah 58:3,) “business.” What interest has he in his house (family) after he is dead? Their misery cannot trouble him, because he knows nothing about it. (Job 14:21; Ecclesiastes 9:5.) Is cut off… midst The root idea of חצצו is found in חצ , an arrow, and is kindred with the Arable housas, “speed,” “swiftness of course,” and here points to the completion of life; and (if) the number of his... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 21:30
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. They — He speaks of the same person; only the singular number is changed into the plural, possibly to intimate, that altho' for the present only some wicked men were punished, yet then all of them should suffer.Brought — As malefactors are brought forth from prison to execution. read more