Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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Gill's Exposition
For he stretched out his hand against God,.... Being an hater of him, an enemy to him, yea, enmity itself against him; an enemy in his mind, which appears by his wicked works, which are so many acts…
Barnes' Notes
As a king ready to the battle - Fully prepared for a battle; whom it would be vain to attempt to resist. So mighty would be the combined forces of trouble and anguish against him, that it would be…
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
shall make him afraid Rather, make him afraid.
ready to the battle Fully prepared and therefore irresistible.
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