He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.A moth — Which settleth itself in a garment, but is quickly and unexpectedly dispossessed of its dwelling, and crushed to death.A booth — Which the keeper of a garden or vineyard suddenly rears up in fruit-time, and as quickly pulls down again. read more
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.Lie down — In death.Not gathered — Instead of that honourable interment with his fathers, his carcase shall lie like dung upon the earth.One openeth his eyes — That is, while a man can open his eyes, in the twinkling of an eye. He is as if he had never been, dead and gone, and his family and name extinct with him. read more
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.Terrors — From the sense of approaching death or judgment.Waters — As violently and irresistibly, as a river breaking its banks, or deluge of waters bears down all before it.A tempest — God's wrath cometh upon him like a tempest, and withal unexpectedly like a thief in the night. read more
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.East-wind — Some terrible judgment, fitly compared to the east-wind, which in those parts was most vehement, and pernicious.Carrieth him — Out of his palace wherein he expected to dwell forever; whence he shall be carried either by an enemy, or by death. read more
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.Cast — His darts or plagues one after another.Would flee — He earnestly desires to escape the judgments of God, but in vain. Those that will not be persuaded to fly to the arms of Divine grace, which are now stretched out to receive them, will not be able to flee from the arms of Divine wrath, which will shortly be stretched out to destroy them. read more
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.Clap — In token of their joy at the removal of such a publick pest, by way of astonishment: and in contempt and scorn, all which this gesture signifies in scripture use.His — In token of detestation and derision. read more
1. Job waits for an answer. The friends are silenced. He is now master of the field. The mists that surrounded his opponents had served to magnify them and their cause. Job now stands forth in the clear sunlight of truth, alone and conqueror. He confirms his integrity by the most solemn appeal to God and his conscience. No one, he says, could maintain such hope in the sight of death, such trust in God’s help, such joyous confidence in him, and be conscious of such guilt as they had charged.... read more
Section first JOB’S RENEWED ASSEVERATION OF HIS INNOCENCE IS CONFIRMED UNDER THE SANCTIONS OF AN OATH, Job 27:2-10. Hengstenberg and Hitzig divide the section into two strophes. a. The oath of his innocence he takes with the full consciousness of its gravity, and with a determination to maintain it against all gainsayers, Job 27:2-6. 2. As God liveth Literally, living is God, that is, “by the living God,” an Arabic and Hebrew form of oath. Raschi cites from Rabbi Joshua, that Job must... read more
3. All the while, etc. Dillmann, Hitzig, and the Speaker’s Commentary, read, for whole even yet is my breath in me; that is, notwithstanding his weight of sorrow he feels himself “sound, capable of knowing and holding what is true and right;” in a condition not unlike that essential to the making of a will, “being in sound mind.” The Authorized Version, which is approved by Gesenius, Furst, and Hengstenberg, makes quite as good sense. As long as he lives he will adhere to what he is about... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;As clay — In great abundance. read more