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Job 21:31

Job 21:31
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet shall he be brought to the grave,.... Or "and", "or yea he shall be brought", &c. (a); for the meaning is not, that though he is great in life he shall be brought low enough at death; for Job is…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Who shall declare his way to his face? - That is, the face of the wicked. Who shall dare to rise up and openly charge him with his guilt? The idea is, that none would dare to do it, and that,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 21:27-34

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The person spoken of in this verse seems most naturally the wicked man. It is doubtful however whether the testimony of the travellers is here still carried on, or whether the present words are not…