Chap: XVIII ; and innermoſt parts of the Pit ; My hopes are dying, and will b« by. ried in my grave. y So the Senſe is, when thoſe SpeQtators, toge« ther with my ſelf, ſhall be in our graves. Heb. Seing that (as this Hebrew particle, im, oft ſignifies: Or, certainly, as it is uſed, Numb, 17-13. Job+ 6. 13. and elſe-where, ) our re# ſhall be together in the duſt, 1. e. Iand my hopes ſhall be buried together. CHAP. XVI Bildad's Reproof: Job's words many: Hz deſpiſed his Friends : He wexed himſelf ; bus in vain, 1 4. The Calamity of the wicked, 5 ennnn——_— Hen anſwered Bildad the Shuhite, and ſaid: 2 How long will it beere ye @ make an end of words? Mark6, and afterwards we will ſpeak. 4 Either 1, You my Brethren. Why do you not give over dif- courſing with Job, who is wholly tranſported with rage, and not fit to be diſcourſed with, arleaſt until both you and he have better conſidered what to ſay. Or rather 2+ Thou, O Job, of whom he ſpeaks here, as alſo verſe 3. in the plural number, either becauſe there were ſome other perſon or perſons preſent at this Debate,who by their Words or Geſtures ſhewed themſelves favourers of Job's cauſe; Or becauſe it was a common Idiotiſm of the Eaſtern Lan- guage, to ſpeak thus of one Perſon, eſpecially where he was one of Eminency or Authority. Job's Speeches were generally longer than his Friends, and they ſeemed very tedious tothem. 6 Confi- der the matter and our words better. Or, inform us, Heb. make us to underftand, Seing thou lookeſt upon us as ignorant and brutiſh men, as itfollows, do thou inſtru& and inform us. Ceaſe cavilling and railing, and produce thy ſtreng Reaſons, that we may conſider and anſwer them, or yield to them, 3 Wherefore are we counted as beaſts c, and f reput- tHebia. ed vile din your fight e? (Nl c 1 e- Ignorant, blockiſh and ſtupid men. Chap: 17: 4, 10 d Heb. Lameg. ti polluted or unclean,i. e+ not fit to be converſed or diſcourſed with; or contemptible, as ſuch rhings are. e Either 1, To your Faces, or in your own hearing- Or 2+ In thy ſight or Judgment, O Job ; ſo he ſpeaks of Job in the plural number, as he did verſe 2. 4 He teareth + himſelf f in his anger: ſhall the earth be forſaken g for thee þ? and ſhall the rock be
removed out of his place ;?
f Heb: bs Soul,
f 1- e- Job, of whom he ſpeaks in the third Perſon for the ſecond, as Chapter 12+ 4+ and 16+ 5+ Obad. 3- 3- Or, O thou that teareſt thy ſelf. Thou cemplaineſt of us for vexing thee with our Speeches, ; When in truth rhou art thy own greateſt tormenter by thy own Im- ' Patience and Rage. g To wit, by God. Shall God give over the
Government of rhe Earth, and Men, and things in it, and ſuffer all
things to fall out by chance, and promiſcuouſly to good and bad | Men, without any regard to his Truth, or "Wiſdom, or Juſtice ? | Shall God forbear to rule the World righteouſly, as he hath hither- ; to done, in favouring good Men, and deſtroying the wicked ? | þ j- e Forthy ſake ; or to prevent thy complaints and clamours. | Z Shall the Counſels of God, which are more firm and unmoveable than Rocks, and the whole courſe of his Providence be altered to comply with thy Fancies or Humours ?
5 Yea, & the light of the wicked ſhall be put out /, and the ſpark of his fire ws ſhall not ſhine.
k The thing is true and certain, notwithſtanding the Diſſatis- fattion and Oppoſition againſt it, 7 All their Glory and Felicity ſhall periſh. m2 te Their higheſt and brighreſt Glory, which he callerh the ſpark, &c- becauſe, like a Spark it ſhines briskly for a mo- ment, bur is quickly extin&. ;
6 The light ſhall be dark in his tabernacle =, and his || candle ſhall be put out with.him 0.
% i-e. In his Family. In ſtead of his former Splendor, both he and his ſha)l fall into Extremacy of Miſery- 0 i- e- His Glory ſhall die with him, and not deſcend to his Poſterity, as he hoped and deſigned. Or, h# Candle, which was with him, or ſhone upon him, ſhall be pur our,
' 7 The ſteps of his ſtrength p ſhall be ſtraitned q, and his own counſel ſhall caſt him down 7.
p te» His ſtrong Steps, by a vulgar Hebraiſm. By ſteps he means his Counſels, as the next branch. explains it, his attempts and aQi- ons; and by ſteps of ſtrength, ſuch of them as ſeem to be moſt firm and ſettled, contrived with greateſt Strength of Underſtanding,and carried on with great reſolution and might. 9q i.e. Shall be hindred and entangled, He ſhall be caſt into great difficulties, and Trou- bles, and 'perplexities, ſo thar he ſhall not be able ro proceed, and to accompliſh his Enterprizes, but ſhal) find himſelf enſnared by his
[| Or,Lom:
, r He ſhall be undone by his own Contrivances; either becauſe God
cauſe of the ſame original, and the moſt ſtrit and intimate Union |;
own devices, as the next words declare it. This phraſe is uſed alſo Prov. 4+ I1, 12+ and it is oppoſed to the enlarging of a Man's way or Steps, which ſignifies Succeſs and Proſperity, as Pſal. +1 and 3 1.8-
will give him up to dangerous and deſtructive miſtakes of his way; or becauſe God will oppoſe him, and turn his own devices againſt him ; which he can eafily do, by throwing in unexpeRed accidents:
8 For he is caſt into a net by his own tecet s, and hs
walketh upon a ſnare z. s By his own choice, and deſign, and aQions: #t And therefore muſt needs be entangled and deſtroyed. | 9 The * grin ſhall take bimz by the heel «, nd the »cy; 5;5: robber x ſhall prevail againſt him. | | # i. e. Take faft hold of him, ſo as to keep him in thoſe diſtreſles: x When he 1s enſnared, the robber ſhall come upon him, and take, and ſpoil, or kill him. Or, the horrible or terrible man, the Huntſman, that Jaid the ſnare for him. A Metaphor from thoſe who hunt for wild Beaſts, who firſt lay ſnares for them, and then ſeize upon them in the ſnares 10 The ſnare 7s F laid for him in the a trap for him in the way. 3 Where he doth not expe& nor diſcern it- The former ſnare
and +Heb.his ground z, ”=
*ch. 15-21
in the ſingular number, v. 15. which he here changeth into the |
he laid for himſelf, but this was Jaid for him by another- 11 * Terrours-z ſball make him afraid on every ſide, and ſhall F drive him to his feet #,
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