Job 27:23

Men shall clap their hands at him - That is, they shall combine to drive him out of the world, and rejoice when he is gone. The same sentiment was also expressed by Bildad, Job 18:18 : “He shall be…

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…

men shall clap their hands Clapping the hands is a token of malignant gladness, Lam 2:15, and "hissing" a token of scorn and dislike, Jer 49:17. See ch. Job 18:18; Job 20:27. Comp. what Job says of…