Job 3:14

With the kings and counsellors of the earth,.... From whom he might descend, he being a person of great distinction and figure; and so, had he died, he would have been buried in the sepulchres of his…

With kings - Reposing as they do. This is the language of calm meditation on what would have been the consequence if he had died when he was an infant. He seems to delight to dwell on it. He contrasts…

Job, perhaps reflecting upon himself for his folly in wishing he had never been born, follows it, and thinks to mend it, with another, little better, that he had died as soon as he was born, which he…

which built desolate places The expression seems to be that which occurs several times in Scripture, e.g. Isa 58:12; Isa 61:4; Eze 36:10; Eze 36:33; Mal 1:4, and means to build up or rebuild ruins, i.…