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Verse Job 27:19. _THE RICH MAN SHALL LIE DOWN_] In the grave.
_BUT HE SHALL NOT BE GATHERED_] Neither have a respectable burial
among men, nor be gathered with the righteous in the kingdom of God.
I...
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THE RICH MAN - That is, the rich man who is wicked.
SHALL LIE DOWN - Shalt die - for so the connection demands.
BUT HE SHALL NOT BE GATHERED - In an honorable burial. The slain in
battle are gathered...
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CHAPTER 27 JOB'S CLOSING WORDS IN SELF-VINDICATION
_ 1. My righteousness I hold fast (Job 27:1)_
2. The contrast between himself and the wicked (Job 27:7)
Job 27:1. Zophar, the third friend, no long...
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THIRD SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. He once more reiterates, in spite of all Job
has said, that the wicked shall perish. He bursts out Let mine enemy
be as God's enemy. I can wish him no worse doom. In Job 27:8 t...
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HE. it: i.e. his wealth which is out at interest.
GATHERED. gathered in, or collected.
HE. it: i.e. his wealth is gone. Not he, the rich man, for if he opens
his eyes, he "is", not "is not"....
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The utter destruction of the wicked man is exhibited in three turns:
his children and descendants are destined for the sword, and become
the prey of famine and pestilence (Job 27:13); his wealth and
p...
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The disastrous fate of the wicked man at the hand of God.
Job 27:7-10 drew a contrast between the internal state of the mind of
the speaker and that of the sinner; in these verses the contrast is
pur...
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_the rich man shall lie down_ "Rich" is equivalent to "wicked," Isaiah
53:9. The words might be rendered, _he lieth down rich_.
_shall not be gathered_ The parallel in the next clause, _he is not_,
su...
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THE RICH MAN SHALL LIE DOWN, &C.— _He may lie down rich, but it is
the last time:_ a rendering which the latter part of the verse fully
justifies. It describes the case of a tyrant, who lies down to r...
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B. NO BELIEVERS ANONYMOUS,
I.E., NO UNIVERSAL SALVATION (Job 27:7-23)
TEXT 27:7-23
7 LET MINE ENEMY BE AS THE WICKED,
And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what is th...
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_I WILL TEACH YOU BY THE HAND OF GOD: THAT WHICH IS WITH THE ALMIGHTY
WILL I NOT CONCEAL._
These words are contrary to Job's previous sentiments (notes, Job
21:22; Job 24:22). They therefore seem to b...
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27:19 more; (d-10) According to others, 'and is not gathered.'...
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JOB'S EIGHTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED)
1-6. Job protests that he is innocent.
Job 27:1 are an enlargement of what Job had previously said (Job
13:16) of his determination not to admit that he was being puni...
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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 27
JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST S...
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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...
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BUT HE SHALL NOT BE GATHERED. — Some ancient versions read, “but
he shall do so no more;” but the “gathering” may refer to his
wealth. “He openeth his eyes, and it (_i.e.,_ his wealth) is not;”
or it...
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עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְ לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף
עֵינָ֖יו...
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XXII.
THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIS WAYS
Job 26:1; Job 27:1
Job SPEAKS
BEGINNING his reply Job is full of scorn and sarcasm.
"How hast thou helped one without power!
How hast thou saved the strengthless...
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THE JUSTICE OF GOD
Job 27:1
Zophar ought now to have taken up the discourse, but, as he is silent,
Job proceeds. First he renews _his protestations of integrity,_ Job
27:1. He denies the charge of be...
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There would seem to have been a pause after Job's answer to Bildad.
The suggestion is that he waited for Zophar, and seeing that Zophar
was silent, he took the initiative, and made general reply.
This...
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The rich man shall lie down, but (n) he shall not be gathered: he
openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
(n) He means that the wicked tyrants will not have a quiet death, nor
be buried honourably....
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_Nothing. His riches are all left behind! The men of riches have slept
their sleep, and have found nothing in their hands. They awake as from
a dream, (chap. xx. 8.; Haydock) and then they form a true...
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(11) В¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal. (12) Behold, all ye yourselves have seen
it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? (13) This is the por...
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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...
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_The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth
his eyes, and he [is] not._
Ver. 19. _The rich man shall lie down_] That is, the wicked rich man,
as James 5:1. _Magna cognatio...
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_The rich man shall lie down_ In death; _but he shall not be gathered_
Namely, in burial, as this word יאס Š, _jeaseph_, is often used.
Instead of that honourable interment with his fathers, which he...
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Belief in the Final Destruction of the Ungodly....
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The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered, he lies
down once and not again, that is, he never arises; HE OPENETH HIS
EYES, AND HE IS NOT, at the time of awakening he is gone, snatched...
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HOLDING FAST HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
(vv.1-7)
In Chapter 26 Job answered Bildad fully. Bildad's last argument was
very brief, and after this Zophar had nothing at all to say. Job has
already won the debat...
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One day the wicked man is rich, but the next day all this changes. Not
only would he lose his possessions, but he himself would be gone as
well....
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11-23 Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of
wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job
considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their
death...
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SHALL LIE DOWN; either,
1. To sleep; as this word is used, GENESIS 19:35 DEUTERONOMY 6:7, &c.
Or,
2. In death, of which it is used, 2 SAMUEL 7:12. HE SHALL NOT BE
GATHERED, to wit, in buri
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Job 27:19 rich H6223 down H7901 (H8799) gathered H622 (H8735) opens
H6491 (H8804) eyes H5869
shall lie -...
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Remember that Job's friends had accused him of having committed some
great sin; which would account for his great sorrows. The good man is
naturally very indignant, and he uses the strongest possible...
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CONTENTS: Job's answer to Bildad continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends.
CONCLUSION: The consideration of the miserable condition of the
hypocrite should engage us to be upright.
KEY WORD: Hypocr...
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Job 27:1. _Parable,_ equivalent to a wise, learned and conclusive
speech.
Job 27:2. _God hath taken away my judgment._ The old readings here are
preferable. The LXX, God judgeth me thus, or so heavily...
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_I will teach you by the hand of God._
GOD’S TREATMENT OF WICKED MEN
Looking at Job’s lecture or address, we have to notice two things.
I. Its introduction. The eleventh and twelfth verses may be r...
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_JOB’S REPLY TO THE FRIENDS IN GENERAL_
Job now alone in the field. Zophar, who should have followed Bildad,
and to whom Job had given opportunity to speak, has apparently nothing
to say. Job, therefo...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 27:1
This chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the
first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in
maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (ve...
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Job continued his answer and he said, As God lives, who has taken away
my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; All the while my
breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;...
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Genesis 49:10; Jeremiah 8:2; Job 14:10; Job 14:12; Job 14:13;...
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Lie down — In death. Not gathered — Instead of that honourable
interment with his fathers, his carcase shall lie like dung upon the
earth. One openeth his eyes — That is, while a man can open his
eyes...