He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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Gill's Exposition
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity,.... Every wicked man is deceived, either by Satan, who deceives the whole world, deceived our first parents, and deceives all their posterity, not only…
Barnes' Notes
He shall not depart out of darkness - He shall not escape from calamity; see Job 15:22. He shall not be able to rise again, but shall be continually poor. The flame shall dry up his branches - As the…
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
Advance on Job 15:15, describing the sinner's actual destruction. The figures are common; on darkness, cf. Job 15:22-23; the flameis the scorching sun or glowing wind; breathof his mouth, i. e., God's…
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