All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
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Gill's Exposition
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places,.... In such places of secrecy, where he may promise himself safety, he shall find more calamities of all sorts; or every kind of judgments shall find…
Barnes' Notes
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places - The word “darkness” here, as is common, means evidently calamity. The phrase “is hid,” means is treasured up for him. The phrase “in his secret…
Zophar, having described the many embarrassments and vexations which commonly attend the wicked practices of oppressors and cruel men, here comes to show their utter ruin at last.
I. Their ruin will…
Cambridge Bible
All darkness is laid up for his treasures;
A fire not blown shall consume him,
It shall devour him that is left in his tent.
"Darkness" is a figure for calamity; cf. ch. Job 15:22-23. "Laid up," i.…
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