The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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Gill's Exposition
How then comfort ye me in vain,.... This is the conclusion Job draws from the above observations: his friends came to comfort him, and they took methods for it, as they thought, but miserable…
Barnes' Notes
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him - That is, he shall lie as calmly as others in the grave. The language here is taken from that delusion of which we all partake when we reflect on…
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
After life's fever he sleeps well. Eurip. Alces. 462,
κούφα σοι
χθ ὼ ν ἐ πάνω πέσειε γύναι.
Sit tibi terra levis, Light fall the dust upon thee.
draw after him The prosperous wicked man has…
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