s 2. e. All ſorts of Miſeries both of Soul and Pcdy, and Eftate. t Or, is hid or la:d wp ; to wit, by God for him. This Phraſe may note, That though it be not a&ually upon him,yet it is reſerved and
overtake him. « Either 1. in his kid treaſures, as this very word !1gnifies, P/. 17 14. He treatures up wealth, and with God's wrath and curſe, Or 2.in thole places where he confidently hopes to hide and ſecure hinfelf from ali evils and enemics : yet even there God ſball find him out- Or, for, or in #erdof ( or with,tor both ways the prefix Lamed is oft uſed ) his hid tr:aſurzs x To wit, by man; bur kindled by God himfelf,as that was, Cha 1. 16. He thinks by his might and violence to ſecure himſelf from Men, but God by his own immediate hand, or in ſome unknown ard nnexpetted manner will find him out. Some underſtand it of hell-fire ; of which ſee Iſa. 30. 33. i. e. With his toſterity or Family, who ſhall inherit his Curſe as well as his Eſtate. 27 * The heaven ſhall reveal his iniquity z, and the
earth « (ball riſe up againſt him. |
2 7. e. God ſhall bea ſwift witneſs againſt him by ſome extraor- dinary Judgments ; ſtill he refle&s upon Jeb's Caſe, and the Fire from Heaven, Chap. 1. 4 z. e. All Creatures upon Earth ſhall con- ſpire with God to deſtroy him.
28 Theencreaſe of his houſe þ ſhall depart c, and his
goods ſhall flow away 4d in the day of his wrath e.
b Either 1. his Poſterity ; or rather, 2. his Eſtate got by the 1a-
ken away from him: See 2 K-ugs 20, 179, & Like Waters; to wit, ſwittly and ſtrongly, and ſo as ro return no more. e 7. e. Of God's wrath ; when God ſhall come to execute Judgment upon him.
29 * This ;s the portion ofa wicked man from God f;
and the heritage + appointed unto him g by God. f Who like a wiſe Maſter ofa Feaſt gives to every Man his preper Portion,andasa juſt Judge diſtributes to him according to his deſerts.
g Heb. the heritage ( 4, e. the Portion, as before ; called here an heri= zage ; partly tonore the ſtability and afſurance ofir, that it is as firm as an [nheritanceto the right Heir ; and partiy in oppoſition to that Inheritance which he had got:en by fraud and violence ) of his word; either 1. Of God's Wors, z. e. which is allotted ro him by the Word or Sentence of God. Or, 2» Of the wicked man's word, the reward of his ſpeeches ; which, like his aCtions, are and may well be pre- ſumed to be wicked and blaſphemous, and many ways offenſive to
. God: And he inſtanceth in his ſpeeches rather than his a&ions, to
22 When hs 1s about to fill his belly 4, Gode (ball caſt
thz tury of his wrath f upon him, and ſhall rain i#upon him g while he isecating -. | di. e, When ke hath enough and abundance to fatisfie all his Ap-
petites, and hall deſign to take the pleaſure of all his Gains, and to
ſpend his days in Epicuritm and Senſuality: e Who is oft under- '
{tood in this Book where he is not expreſſed; and fo he is here as ap- pears from the following words;becauſe there is no other perſon here expreſſed, who was to inili& theſe evils upon him; and becauſe they are ſaid to be rammed down wpon him ; which implies their comi''g from Heaven, or from God. f Some dreadful and deftrudtive
p:event or avo1. It. Compare P/alm 78. 30, 31s
24 * He ſhall flee from the iron weapon s, and the bow & of ſteel / ſhall ſtrike him through m».
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z 1-e. From the Sword or Spear ; and ſo ſhall thing himſelf out of /
danger. k An Arrow ſhort out of a Bow. A diſtantplace and un- known hand ſhal unexpegedly fall upon him ; So that he ſhall only go from one «anger t-» anothor. 1 Which is of great ſtrength, and therefore ſendeth forth the Arrow with greater force, Compare Pſal. 18. 24 Or, of braſs, as the word properly ſignifies : which
the Ancients did ſo temper and harden, that their Bows were com- |
monly made of it. m2 7. e. Mortally wound him.
25 Itis drawn» and cometh out of the body o yea, f the gliſtering ſword p cometh out of his gall q;z * cec-
'rors are upon him 7.
z Either 1. a Sword, which may be underſtood out of this Hebrew * . Verb, which is for the moſt part uſed of that Weapon ; as Num. 22.
23, 31. Jud.$. 20. &c. and out of the following Branch of the Verſe. Or 2.the Arrow laſt mentioned, which had entred into his Body,and now was drawn out of iteitaer by himſelf, or by ſome other perſon; as 1s frequent in thar caſe, if peradventure he might be cured. o Or, out of his body ; i. e. the body of the wounded man; as appears both by the next Clauſe of the Verſe. which is added to explain the former; Whereit is, out of his gall : and fromthe uſe of this Hebrew word, which ſignifiesa man's body or carkaſs; as Judges 14. 8. 1Sam 31.12. Iſa. 5 25. Nahum. 3.3. p The word properly ſignifies lightning, and thence a gliſtering weapon, the bright Sword or Spear ; as Deut. 32. 41. Ezek. 21.10,15- Nah. 3« 3. Hab, 3. 1x Whereby it is implyed,that he was doubly wounded ; firſt, by the Arrow, and then to make more ſure work, with the Sword or Spear thruſt into him. Bur the word may as well iignifie the bright and ſharp point of an arrow, of which he ſpoke hith-rto ; and vaving in the genera! ſaid, that it came out of b# body, now he determines the part of the body, che gall; which
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meet with J0,who, tho' he had made ſome colourable excuſes for his act.ons, yet was manifeſtly guiity of hard and ſinful ſpeeches againſt
harmleſs and excuſable things as ob pretended, as appeared by theſe ſevere Judgments which they brought upon wicked men.
C H A P. XXI. Job's Reply ; he complaineth net to man, in whoſe judgment he hath moſt reaſon to grieve ; but exciteth their attentionto conumcing and amazing truths, x ——— G6 The wickea proſper till in their pride they fear not God, 7 15 yet he purgeth himſelf from their counſel, and ac«= knowledgeth that often their deſtrafion from God is manifeſt, at leaft in their children, 16 =n=——_ 21. God is righteous in both caſes, and both ave alike in their death, 22 — 26 The wicked are indeed reſerved for deſftruftion, bur who dareth mw mithfland them ; and in the grave they are at reft, whether all others follow them,
$7 34 Ut Fob anſwered and ſaid, 2 Hear diligently my ſpeech,and let this be your conſolations 4. | a Or, This ſball be your conſolations ; 7. e. I ſhall accept of your pa- rient and diligent attention to me in ſtead of all thoſe contolations
which you owel to me in this condition, and which I expetted from you.
3 Suffer me that I may ſpeak 5, and after that I have ſpok:n, * mock on c.