Job 21:33 ASV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 21:33

clods. Hebrew. degeb = soft, or moist clods. Occurs only here and Job 38:38 . read more

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 21:33

33. As the classic saying has it, "The earth is light upon him." His repose shall be "sweet." draw—follow. He shall share the common lot of mortals; no worse off than they ( :-). UMBREIT not so well (for it is not true of "every man"). "Most men follow in his bad steps, as countless such preceded him." 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 21:27-34

The lifelong prosperity of some wicked 21:27-34By urging his friends to ask travelers (Job 21:29), Job was accusing them of holding a provincial viewpoint, one formed out of limited exposure to life."If Job’s friends inquired of well-traveled people, they would learn that in every part of the world, wicked people seem to escape the calamities that fall on the righteous." [Note: Ibid.] Though some writers have taken Job 21:31 as a quotation of the view of Job’s friends, it is probably Job’s own... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:1-34

Job’s Sixth SpeechZophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradiction. It is his manner to wait till the three friends have spoken before he demolishes their case.1-21. Job declares that as a matter of common observation bad men often go prosperously through life without any sign of God’s displeasure.4. To man] RM ’of man.’ It is of God that Job complains. And if,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 21:30-33

(30-33) That the wicked. . . .—These verses contain the result of their experience. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 21:33

(33) The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him.—Death is robbed of its repulsiveness and horror, seeing that all will be glad to join in his funeral procession, and after him all men will draw (in endless procession), and before him they will be without number. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 21:1-34

Job 21:7 ; Job 21:9 'Napoleon,' observes Lord Rosebery, 'is often only thinking aloud in the bitterness of his heart,' in his conversation on religion, 'as when he says that he cannot believe in a just God punishing and rewarding, for good people are always unfortunate and scoundrels are always lucky: "look at Talleyrand, he is sure to die in his bed".' Quoting this and similar passages from Job in the fourth chapter of his Service of Man, Mr. Cotter Morison adds: 'Probably few religious... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 21:1-34

XVIII.ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL?Job 21:1-34Job SPEAKSWITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication has fortified his soul and is not without effect upon his bodily state. The quietness of tone in this final address of the second colloquy contrasts with his former agitation and the growing eagerness of the friends to convict him of wrong. True, he has still to speak of facts of human life troublous and... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 21:33

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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 21:33

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 21:27-34

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 21:1-34

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 21:30-33

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 21:33

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 21:1-34

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 21:1-34

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