A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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Gill's Exposition
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness,.... When he lies down at night he despairs of ever seeing the light of the morning, through fear of an enemy, a robber, a murderer, or of one…
Barnes' Notes
A dreadful sound is in his ears - Margin, “A sound of fears.” He hears sudden, frightful sounds, and is alarmed. Or when he thinks himself safe, he is suddenly surprised. The enemy steals upon him,…
Eliphaz, having reproved Job for his answers, here comes to maintain his own thesis, upon which he built his censure of Job. His opinion is that those who are wicked are certainly miserable, whence he…
Cambridge Bible
A dreadful sound A sound of terrors; he continually thinks he hears the sound of coming destruction.
in prosperity the destroyer shall come A picture of the wicked man's anticipations.
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