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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21:32

RM 'He is borne to the grave and keepeth watch over the tomb'; i.e. he is buried with honours. Perhaps we should read, 'they keep watch.'

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 21:32. _YET SHALL HE BE BROUGHT TO THE GRAVE_] He shall die like other men; and the corruption of the grave shall prey upon him. Mr. Carlyle, in his specimens of Arabic poetry, Translations,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    YET SHALL HE BE BROUGHT TO THE GRAVE - Margin, “graves.” That is, he is brought with honor and prosperity to the grave. He is not cut down by manifest divine displeasure for his sins. He is conducted...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 21 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. Hear my solemn words--then mock on (Job 21:1)_ 2. His testimony concerning the experiences of the wicked (Job 21:7) 3. Your answers are nothing but falsehoods (Job 21:27...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 21. JOB'S REPLY. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: the w...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE GRAVE. sepulchre. Hebrew. _keber._ App-35. TOMB. tumulus, or sepulchral mound....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Finally, still pursuing his argument, Job turns to the insinuations of his friends against himself, which lie under their descriptions of the fate of the wicked. He knows what they mean when they say,...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Yet shall he be brought_ Rather, AND HE IS CARRIED, as above. Comp. ch. Job 10:19, where Job uses the same language of his own burial. The word is that used in Job 21:30 (led forth, cf. reff.), and s...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The wicked man is buried in honour; and his example followed. 32 And he is carried to the grave, And they keep watch over his tomb; 33 The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; And all men draw...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS— By the _day of destruction,_ and _the day of wrath,_ mentioned in the 30th verse, I believe it will appear, from the context, can be meant no other than the future day of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. So, your argument that I am wicked because I suffer is false. (Job 21:27-34) TEXT 21:27-34 27 BEHOLD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. 28 For ye say, Where is...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _YET SHALL HE BE BROUGHT TO THE GRAVE, AND SHALL REMAIN IN THE TOMB._ Yet - rather, And, brought-with solemn pomp (Ps. 14:15). Not only when alive, but even when dead, he is treated with honour. GR...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:32 tomb. (g-14) Or 'and he keeps watch over the mound.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 21 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In verse 26, Job thought that an evil man’s death was very much like the death of a good man. The bodies of both men would lie next to each other in the grave. But as Job thought more, he was not sure...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND SHALL REMAIN IN THE TOMB. — The word rendered tomb is rendered _shock of corn_ in Job 5:26, and is not found in the sense of tomb elsewhere. It is doubtful, therefore, whether this is its meaning...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (30-33) THAT THE WICKED.... — These verses contain the result of their experience....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ֭ הוּא לִ קְבָרֹ֣ות יוּבָ֑ל וְֽ עַל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication has forti...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “SHALL ANY TEACH GOD?” Job 21:1 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1, Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in assuming that...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked ar...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Dead. Hebrew, "the sheaves," being quite ripe for harvest, and even in the tomb, the tyrant retains some sore of pre-eminence, as he is buried with honour, an set like a more elevated sheaf, to inspec...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (27) В¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. (28) For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (29) H...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    YET SHALL HE BE BROUGHT TO THE GRAVE,.... Or "and", "or yea he shall be brought", c. a for the meaning is not, that though he is great in life he shall be brought low enough at death; for Job is still...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. Ver. 32. _Yet shall he be brought to the grave_] He that was erst so stern and terrible shall shortly be laid low enough, and then...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Yet_ Hebrew, _And_, the pomp of his death shall be suitable to the glory of his life; _shall he be brought to the grave_ With pomp and state, as the word יובל, _jubal_, signifies. Hebrew, לקברות, _li...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Yet shall he be brought to the grave, Job here brings out the opinion and experience of travelers, AND SHALL REMAIN IN THE TOMB, even after the burial of the wicked his monument or burial mound keeps...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Job Rebukes his Friends for their One-Sidedness....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper. He...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    GRAVE: _ Heb._ graves REMAIN IN THE TOMB: _ Heb._ watch in the heap...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Even in death, many wicked people are honored, and even after they are gone people guard their tomb and people will crowd around the funeral procession-all these things evidence even the popularity of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to wh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    YET, Heb. _and_. The pomp of his death shall be suitable to the glory of his life. SHALL HE BE BROUGHT, with pomp and state, as the word signifies. TO THE GRAVE, Heb. _to the graves_, i.e. to an honou...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 21:32 brought H2986 (H8714) grave H6913 kept H8245 (H8799) tomb H1430 he be - Psalms 49:14

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job's answer to Zophar in which he denies any secret sin. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: The providences of God in the government of this world are sometimes hard to be u...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 21:2. _Consolations._ נחם _nicham,_ though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Judges 21., w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But Job answered and said._ JOB’S THIRD ANSWER There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I. To...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 21:1 Job’s response closes the second cycle of the dialogue with his friends. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH_ The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. INTRODUC...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 21:1 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge which Zophar...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    By Chuck Smith This time shall we turn to the book of Job, chapter 21. Zophar has just concluded in chapter 20 his second speech in which, again, he sort of just gives some of the traditions and quote...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 32:21; Luke 16:22; Psalms 49:14...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And — The pomp of his death shall be suitable to the glory of his life. Brought — With pomp and state, as the word signifies. Grave — Heb. to the graves; to an honourable and eminent grave: the plural...

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