Job 27:19-23

In Job 3:16-19, Job thought that death is like sleep. But in Job 26:5, Job had a different idea. He described how people tremble painfully in hell. So perhaps in verses 19-23, Job was also describing hell. When the wicked man wakes in hell, God has taken away that man’s wealth. The home in verse 21 is like that man’s body (see verse 18). But the man’s spirit has left his body. The man’s body might seem calm (Job 21:32-33). But his spirit is afraid and unhappy.

Or perhaps in verses 19-23, Job was describing the wicked man’s life after God punished that man. It is an awful description. It sounds like hell!

A wicked man needs to change his attitudes immediately. He must confess his evil deeds to God. And that man must ask God to forgive him. Otherwise, that man will suffer a terrible punishment.