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Gill's Exposition
Behold, I know your thoughts,.... God only truly, really, and in fact, knows the thoughts of men; this is his peculiar prerogative, he only is the searcher of the hearts and the trier of the reins of…
Barnes' Notes
They shall lie down alike in the dust - The emphasis here is on the word “alike” - יחד yachad. The idea is, that they should die “in a similar manner.” There would be no such difference in the mode of…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Wholly different in life the two are alike in death; cf. Ecc 2:15 seq.
They shall lie down They lie down. Similarly, the worms cover.
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