Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
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Gill's Exposition
It shall be accomplished before his time, Either the recompence or reward of his trusting vanity, in vain persons or things, the punishment of such a trust, the sorrows and troubles following upon it;…
Barnes' Notes
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity - The sense is, “Let him not trust in vanity. He will be deceived. Vanity will be his recompense.” The idea is, that a man should not confide in that which…
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
The verse reads,
Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived:
For vanity shall be his recompence.
Similarly, "they that plow iniquity reap the same," ch. Job 4:8; Job 5:13. Eliphaz returns as in…
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