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Job 5:26

Job 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age,.... Or, "go into thy grave" (o), which is represented as a house to enter into and dwell in; and so the wise man calls it man's long home, and Job his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thou shalt come to thy grave in full age - That is, thou shalt have long life; thou shalt not be cut down prematurely, nor by any sudden calamity. It is to be remembered that long life was regarded as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz, in this concluding paragraph of his discourse, gives Job (what he himself knew not how to take) a comfortable prospect of the issue of his afflictions, if he did but recover his temper and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And finally he shall receive the crowning blessing of man on earth, to live long and die old and full of years; cf. Psa 102:24; Isa 38:10; Num 23:10. The Speaker's Comm. quotes the following from…

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