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Job 18:21

Job 18:21
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked - The conclusion or sum of the whole matter. The meaning is, that the habitations of all that knew not God would be desolate - a declaration which Job could…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 18:11-21

Bildad here describes the destruction itself which wicked people are reserved for in the other world, and which, in some degree, often seizes them in this world. Come, and see what a miserable…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 18:5-21

The disastrous end of the wicked, in the moral order of the world, is certain

The last verse naturally led over to this idea, which is the theme of the speech. The idea is set out in a great variety…