Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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Gill's Exposition
The east wind carrieth him away,.... Which is very strong and powerful, and carries all before it; afflictions are sometimes compared to it, Isa 27:8; and here either death, accompanied with the wrath…
Barnes' Notes
Terrors-take hold on him as waters - That is, as suddenly and violently as angry floods; compare the notes at Job 18:14. A tempest stealeth him away - He is suddenly cut off by the wrath of God. A…
Job's friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much…
Cambridge Bible
The figure of overwhelming waters is a natural one in the East and common in Scripture, Psa 18:16; Nah 1:8. Comp. the language of Eliphaz to Job, ch. Job 22:11.
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