John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 30:4
Who cut up mallows by the bushes ,.... Which with the Troglodytes were of a vast size F18 Diodorus Siculus, l. 3. p. 175. ; or rather "upon the bush" F19 עלי שיח "super virgulto", Montanus, Schultens; "super arbustum", Bochart. or "tree"; and therefore cannot mean what we call mallows, which are herbs on the ground, and grow not on trees or bushes; and, besides, are not for food, but rather for medicine: though Plutarch F20 In symposio septem sap. says they, were the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 30:1-14
Here Job makes a very large and sad complaint of the great disgrace he had fallen into, from the height of honour and reputation, which was exceedingly grievous and cutting to such an ingenuous spirit as Job's was. Two things he insists upon as greatly aggravating his affliction:? I. The meanness of the persons that affronted him. As it added much to his honour, in the day of his prosperity, that princes and nobles showed him respect and paid a deference to him, so it added no less to his... read more