Job 21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:25

And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul ,.... Either another wicked man; for there is a difference among wicked men; some are outwardly happy in life, and in the circumstances of their death, as before described; and others are very unhappy in both; their life is a scene of afflictions which embitter life, and make death eligible; and in the midst of which they die, as well as oftentimes in bitter pains, and terrible agonies of body, as well as in great distress and horror of mind,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:26

They shall lie down alike in the dust ,.... Such as have lived and died in great outward prosperity, or in more unhappy circumstances; these are levelled by death, and brought into the same state and condition; are laid on dusty beds, where there is no difference between them, their rest together is in the dust; here they dwell, and here they lie and sleep until they are awaked in the morning of the resurrection: and the worms shall cover them ; these are the companions alike unto them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts ,.... God only truly, really, and in fact, knows the thoughts of men; this is his peculiar prerogative, he only is the searcher of the hearts and the trier of the reins of the children of men. Christ, the eternal Logos, or Word, by his being a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, appears to be truly God. No man knows the things of a than, or the thoughts of his heart, but himself, and such to whomsoever he reveals them; but a wise and understanding... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:28

For ye say ,.... Or "have said", or " I know that ye say"; or " that ye are about to say" F1 כי תאמרו "vos dicere", Junius & Tremellius; "nempe vos dicturos", Piscator; so Schmidt, Schultens. ; it is in your hearts and minds, and just ready to come out of your lips, and what you will say next: where is the house of the prince ? of the righteous man, as the Syriac and Arabic versions; or "of the good and liberal man", as others F2 נדיב "liberalis", Montanus;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:29

Have ye not asked them that go by the way ?.... Did you not ask every traveller you met with on the road the above question? not which was the way to Job's house, which they knew very well, but in what condition that and his sons were? or what was the case of him and his family? and what was his character? or what was thought of him now since his unhappy circumstances? and do ye not know their tokens ? by which it might be known in what a plight he and his family were, and what were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:30

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction ?.... That is, that they are spared, withheld, restrained, as the word F4 יחשד "prohibebitur", Pagninus, Montanus, Bolducius; so Beza, Vatablus, Mercerus; "subtrahitur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "subdueitur", Schultens. signifies, or kept and preserved from many calamities and distresses, which others are exposed unto; and so are reserved, either unto a time of greater destruction in this life or rather to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:31

Who shall declare his way to his face ?.... Jarchi and Aben Ezra think that Job here returns to God, and speaks of him, as in Job 21:22 ; signifying that no man can or ought to presume to charge the ways of God in his providence with inequality or injustice, in sparing the wicked now, and reserving them to wrath and destruction hereafter; since he is a sovereign Being, and does what he pleases, and none can hinder him, nor ought any to say to him, what dost thou? nor does he give an... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:32

Yet shall he be brought to the grave ,.... Or "and", "or yea he shall be brought", &c.; F1 והוא "et ipse", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; for the meaning is not, that though he is great in life he shall be brought low enough at death; for Job is still describing the grand figure wicked men make, even at death, as well as in life; for he is not only brought to the grave, as all men are, it being the house appointed for all living, and every man's long home; but the wicked rich man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:33

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him ,.... Where he lies interred, alluding to places of interment at the bottom of hills, and mountains, and under rocks, in plains and vales, see Genesis 35:8 ; and by this strong figure is signified, that the dead wicked man, lying in the clods of the valley in his grave, is in great repose, and in the utmost ease and quiet, feels no pains of body, nor has any uneasiness of mind concerning what befalls his posterity after his death, Job 14:21 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 21:34

How then comfort ye me in vain ,.... This is the conclusion Job draws from the above observations: his friends came to comfort him, and they took methods for it, as they thought, but miserable comforters were they all; what they administered for comfort was in vain, and to no purpose; nor could any be expected from them, on the plan upon which they proceeded; they suggested he was a bad man, because of his afflictions, and they exhorted him to repentance and reformation, and then promised... read more

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