Verse 11
11. The work of a man פעל . The same as in Job 7:2, (which see,) and, like the Sanscrit karman, involves the ideas of deed and desert. The deed essentially contains the desert, so that in the thought of man, as well as that of God, the one necessitates the other.
For Rather, or much more. And cause every man to find, etc. The literal rendering of this clause discloses a startling element of retribution. It reads: “According to a man’s way, He causeth it to find him.” However wide the orbit in which retribution moves, sooner or later it overtakes the evil-doer. See note, Job 4:8.
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