His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
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Gill's Exposition
His sons come to honour,.... Or "are multiplied" (s), see Nah 3:15; their families increase like a flock, become very numerous, which was reckoned a great blessing; or "become heavy" (t); being loaded…
Barnes' Notes
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not - He is unacquainted with what is passing on the earth. Even should that occur which is most gratifying to a parent’s heart; should his children rise to…
Job here returns to his complaints; and, though he is not without hope of future bliss, he finds it very hard to get over his present grievances.
I. He complains of the particular hardships he…
Cambridge Bible
"The dead know not anything … also their love … is now perished," Ecc 9:5-6.
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