Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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Gill's Exposition
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,.... A sincere, upright, good man; one that is truly gracious; who, though he is not "perfect" in himself, yet in Christ; and though not with respect to…
Barnes' Notes
Behold, this is the joy of his way - This is evidently sarcastic. “Lo! such is the joy of his course! He boasts of joy, as all hypocrites do, but his joy endures only for a little time. This is the…
Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were…
Cambridge Bible
joy of his way waymay be "fate," as often, and the words would be ironical; or "way" may be "course of life" so ends what was to him the joy of his course of life.
shall others grow Or, do others…
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