For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
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Gill's Exposition
Have ye not asked them that go by the way?.... Did you not ask every traveller you met with on the road the above question? not which was the way to Job's house, which they knew very well, but in what…
Barnes' Notes
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? - That is, you maintain that the house of the wicked man, in a high station, will be certainly over thrown. The parallelism, as well as the whole…
In these verses,
I. Job opposes the opinion of his friends, which he saw they still adhered to, that the wicked are sure to fall into such visible and remarkable ruin as Job had now fallen into, and…
Cambridge Bible
house of the prince "Prince" here perhaps in a bad sense like the classical "tyrant," cf. Isa 13:2.
the dwelling places of the wicked Or, the tents in which the wicked dwelt, lit. the tent of the…
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