_Suhite, from Sue, the son of Abraham, who dwelt in the desert Arabia; (Genesis xxv. 2.) though several suppose, without reason, (Calmet) that Baldad resided at Sueta, in C\'9closyria. (Menochius) --- He was the second in age and dignity. (Pineda)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_How long. He seems tired with hearing, (Haydock) and accuses Job of want of moderation, representing him as a hypocrite, (Calmet) and an obstinate defender of his own opinion, against the better judgment of Eliphaz; (Menochius) though he was in reality only a constant asserter of truth. (Worthingto... [ Continue Reading ]
_Just. He begins with the same principle as Eliphaz, which nobody denied. But he does not reflect, that God may cause even the just to be afflicted, for their trial and improvement._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Iniquity, and suffered them to perish. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Peaceable. Justice and peace shall kiss. (Haydock) --- Prosperity will attend the righteous. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_That. Hebrew, "because our days." (Haydock) --- Baldad strives, in vain, to prove what nobody contested. But he does not come to the point, and shew that Job was guilty. Past histories might have informed him that the just are often persecuted, like Abel, Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph. (Calmet) --- It... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sedge-bush, or flag. Hebrew achu; so called, because from one root many brothers (as it were) spring. Septuagint style it Greek: Boutomon, as it was usually "cut for oxen," Genesis xli. 2. (Parkhurst) (Haydock) --- As plants die without suction, so do those who depart from God. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Herbs, for want of moisture. (Calmet) --- Sic transit gloria mundi. (Haydock) --- The prophets often compare the prosperity of the wicked to grass, (Psalm xxxvi. 2., and James i. 10.) and Baldad ranks Job with them._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Him, the hypocrite, or God. (Calmet) --- Both shall one day condemn the ill use of riches. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_He. The spider, or rather the hypocrite, who will not be able to screen himself, by his possessions, from the wrath of God. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seemeth. Hebrew, "he is green before the sun" beat upon him. --- Rising, ortu, for horto, (Haydock) as the Hebrew, &c., have "garden," (Menochius) with some Latin editions. He had compared the wicked to a rush without moisture. But the just is like a plant in a fine garden, which is not hurt by the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Joy. Septuagint, "the catastrophe of the wicked, for another shall spring," &c. Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER VIII. _ Until. If thou be simple, (Haydock) or irreproachable, (Calmet) God will make thee exult. (Haydock) --- Until, &c. (Menochius) --- He will restore thee to thy former state of affluence. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]