15. (Compare Jeremiah 2:20; Proverbs 30:9, Margin, Proverbs 30:9- :). what profit— (Job 35:3; Malachi 3:14; Psalms 73:13). Sinners ask, not what is right, but what is for the profit of self. They forget, "If religion cost self something, the want of it will cost self infinitely more." read more
16. not in their hand—but in the hand of God. This is Job's difficulty, that God who has sinners prosperity (good) in His hand should allow them to have it. is—rather, "may the counsel of the wicked be far from me!" [UMBREIT]. This naturally follows the sentiment of the first clause: Let me not hereby be thought to regard with aught but horror the ways of the wicked, however prosperous. read more
17. Job in this whole passage down to Job 21:17-21 quotes the assertion of the friends, as to the short continuance of the sinner's prosperity, not his own sentiments. In :- he proceeds to refute them. "How oft is the candle" (lamp), c., quoting Bildad's sentiment (Job 18:5 Job 18:6), in order to question its truth (compare Matthew 25:8). how oft—"God distributeth," c. (alluding to Job 20:23 Job 20:29). sorrows—UMBREIT translates "snares," literally, "cords," which lightning in its twining... read more
18. Job alludes to a like sentiment of Bildad (Job 18:18), using his own previous words (Job 18:18- :). read more
19. Equally questionable is the friends' assertion that if the godless himself is not punished, the children are (Job 18:19; Job 20:10); and that God rewardeth him here for his iniquity, and that he shall know it to his cost. So "know" (Job 20:10- :). read more
20. Another questionable assertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and his children's destruction in his lifetime. drink— (Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 51:17; Lamentations 4:21). read more
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
The wicked person’s continued prosperity 21:7-16Job’s friends had been selective in their observations regarding wicked people. They had pointed out only the cases in which God judged them on earth. Job now presented the other side of the story. There were many wicked who never experienced God’s judgment before they died. His words contrast especially with what Zophar had just said (ch. 20). Many people who do not know God or reject him live peaceful, pleasant lives (Job 21:14-15; cf. Job... read more
The reason the wicked die 21:17-26Job claimed that the wicked die for the same reason the righteous die. They are sinners. They do not invariably die early because they are wicked sinners. Furthermore, God does not punish the children of the wicked who die late in life for their parents’ sins. Job said that would be no punishment on the parents since they would not be alive to witness their children’s suffering. He also pointed out that his companions were putting God in a box by not allowing... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 21:14
14. Therefore—rather, "And yet they are such as say," c., that is, say, not in so many words, but virtually, by their conduct (so the Gergesenes, :-). How differently the godly ( :-). ways—The course of action, which God points out as in :-, Margin. read more