The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, the very earth under which he rests being like a soft couch to him, and every man shall draw after him, imitating his example of a happy life and an easy death, as there are innumerable before him.
Verse Job 21:33. _THE CLODS OF THE VALLEY SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM_] Perhaps there is an allusion here to the Asiatic mode of interment for princes, saints, and nobles: a well-watered valley was chose...
THE CLODS OF THE VALLEY SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM - That is, he shall lie as calmly as others in the grave. The language here is taken from that delusion of which we all partake when we reflect on death...
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...
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...
CLODS. Hebrew. _degeb_. soft, or moist clods. Occurs only here and Job 38:38....
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,...
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...
After life's fever he sleeps well. Eurip. Alces. 462, κούφα σοι χθ ὼ ν ἐ πάνω πέσειε γύναι. _Sit tibi terra levis_, Light fall the dust upon thee. _draw after him_ The prosperous wicked man has in...
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...
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...
_THE CLODS OF THE VALLEY SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM, AND EVERY MAN SHALL DRAW AFTER HIM, AS THERE ARE INNUMERABLE BEFORE HIM._ As the classic has it: 'The earth is light upon him.' His repose shall be ...
After his life of happiness he rests in the sweet-smelling earth. His career of successful wickedness draws many to imitate him, as indeed he had himself many to anticipate him....
JOB'S SIXTH SPEECH Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradictio...
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...
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...
THE CLODS OF THE VALLEY SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM. — Death is robbed of its repulsiveness and horror, seeing that all will be glad to join in his funeral procession, and after him all men will draw (in...
(30-33) THAT THE WICKED.... — These verses contain the result of their experience....
מָֽתְקוּ ־לֹ֗ו רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭ אַחֲרָיו כ
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...
“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...
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...
The (t) clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him. (t) He will be glad to lie in a slimy pit, who before could not be cont...
Acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus. The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a river in hell) signifies a valley or a torrent: and in thi...
(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...
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...
THE CLODS OF THE VALLEY SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM,.... Where he lies interred, alluding to places of interment at the bottom of hills, and mountains, and under rocks, in plains and vales, see Genesis 3...
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him. Ver. 33. _The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him_] Here he saith t...
_The clods of the valley_ Or, the grave, which is low and deep like a valley; _shall be sweet unto him_ He shall sweetly rest in his grave, free from all cares, and fears, and troubles, Job 3:17. _Eve...
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...
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...
OF THE VALLEY, i.e. of the grave, which is low and deep like a valley. SHALL BE SWEET UNTO HIM; he shall sweetly rest in his grave, free from all cares, and fears, and troubles, JOB 3:17,18. EVERY MAN...
Job 21:33 clods H7263 valley H5158 sweet H4985 (H8804) Everyone H120 follow H4900 (H8799) H310 countless...
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...
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...
_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...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 21:1 Job’s response closes the second cycle of the dialogue with his friends. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 21:33 ALL MANKIND FOLLOWS AFTER HIM. Many people are fooled by the external successes of the evil man. They follow his example in life and honor him when he dies....
_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...
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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 1:4; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Genesis 3:19;...
Valley — Of the grave, which is low and deep like a valley. Sweet — He shall sweetly rest in his grave. Draw — Heb. he shall draw every man after him, into the grave, all that live after him, whether...