His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
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Gill's Exposition
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,.... As, on the one hand, the prosperity of his children after his decease gives him no pleasure and delight, so, on the other hand, the calamities and…
Barnes' Notes
His eyes shall see his destruction - That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, “You maintain that, or this is the position which you…
Job had largely described the prosperity of wicked people; now, in these verses,
I. He opposes this to what his friends had maintained concerning their certain ruin in this life. "Tell me how often do…
A conceivable objection, and its answer by Job. The verses read,
19. God (say ye) layeth up his iniquity for his children.
Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it;
20. Let his own…
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