约伯记 21:27-28 RCUVSS

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts - That is, “I see that you are not satisfied, and that you are disposed still to maintain your former position. You will be ready to ask, Where “are” the proofs of the prosperity of the wicked? Where “are” the palaces of the mighty? Where “are” the dwelling places of ungodly men!”And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me - The course of sophistical argument which you pursue, the tendency and design of which is to prove that I am a wicked man. You... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 21:28

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? - That is, you maintain that the house of the wicked man, in a high station, will be certainly over thrown. The parallelism, as well as the whole connection, requires us to understand the word “prince” here as referring to a “wicked” ruler. The word used (נדיב nâdı̂yb) properly means, one willing, voluntary, prompt; then, one who is liberal, generous, noble; then, one of noble birth, or of elevated rank; and then, as princes often had that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 21:27-28

Job 21:27-28. Behold, I know your thoughts I perceive what you think and will object for your own defence; and the devices Hebrew, ומזמות , umezimmoth, machinationes pravas, the evil thoughts, or, wicked designs and contrivances; which ye wrongfully imagine תחמסו , thachmosu, wrest, or violently force, for they strained both Job’s words and their own thoughts, which were biased by prejudice and passion; against me For I well know that your discourses, though they be concerning... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 21:1-34

Job’s reply to Zophar (21:1-34)There are two main reasons for Job’s impatient speech. One is the frustration of arguing with a person whom he cannot see or hear. The other is the constant pain that torments him. If the friends can understand this and stop their mockery for a moment, Job will answer Zophar’s statement calmly (21:1-6). The wicked are not always swiftly destroyed as Zophar claims. Many enjoy long lives of peace, prosperity and happiness (7-13). The wicked fight against God yet... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 21:28

Where . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . prince = noble. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 21:27

UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE CONTRADICTS HIS FRIENDS' THEORY"Behold, I know your thoughts,And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.For ye say, Where is the house of the prince?And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?Have ye not asked wayfaring men?And do ye not know their evidences,That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity?That they are led forth to the day of wrath?Who shall declare his way to his face?And who shall repay him what he hath done?Yet shall he be borne to the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 21:27-34

Job 21:27-34. Behold, I know your thoughts— By the day of destruction, and the day of wrath, mentioned in the 30th verse, I believe it will appear, from the context, can be meant no other than the future day of judgment; which, to the wicked and ungodly, is every where represented in Scripture as a day of wrath, a day of destruction and perdition. See 2 Thessalonians 1:9. 2 Peter 3:7. And it is remarkable, that Job, when he declares to his friends that he had been all along withheld from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 21:27

27. Their wrongful thoughts against Job are stated by him in :-. They do not honestly name Job, but insinuate his guilt. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 21:28

28. ye say—referring to Zophar (Job 20:7). the house—referring to the fall of the house of Job's oldest son (Job 20:7- :) and the destruction of his family. prince—The parallel "wicked" in the second clause requires this to be taken in a bad sense, tyrant, oppressor (Job 20:7- :), the same Hebrew, "nobles"—oppressors. dwelling-places—rather, "pavilions," a tent containing many dwellings, such as a great emir, like Job, with many dependents, would have. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 21:1-34

6. Job’s second reply to Zophar ch. 21After the first cycle of speeches, Job responded to a point each of his friends had made, namely, that God consistently blesses the righteous and blasts the unrighteous. After this second cycle of speeches, Job again replied to a point each accuser had made: that the wicked suffer destruction in this life."This speech is unusual for Job on several counts. It is the only one in which he confines his remarks to his friends and does not fall into either a... read more