Job 15:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. ”

• Job 15:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And he dwelleth - Or rather, “therefore he shall dwell.” As a consequence of his opposing God, and devoting himself to a life of sensuality and ease, he shall dwell in a desolate place. Instead o...

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• Job 15:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And he dwelleth (r) in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. (r) Though he build and repair ruinous places to gain fame, yet God will bring all t...

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• Job 15:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. He dwelleth in desolate cities - It is sometimes the fate of a tyrant to be obliged to ta...

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• Job 15:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. The class of wicked here described is that of robbers who plunder "cities," and seiz...

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• Job 15:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21) The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which in his anguish he...

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• Job 15:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Which are ready to become heaps. — This completes the description of the haughty tyrant. He dwelt in cities that are to be desolate, or that are desolate, which are ready to become heaps. This may...

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• Job 15:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE Job 15:1-35 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is e...

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• Job 15:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Heavens Are not Clean” Job 15:1-35 The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16 . He complains that the words of Job proved him t...

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• Job 15:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded him. He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using...

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• Job 15:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (17) В¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: (19) Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no s...

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• Job 15:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he dwelleth in desolate cities ,.... This is either a continuation of the account of the wicked man's prosperity, which makes him haughty; such is his might and power, that he destroys cities an...

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• Job 15:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he dwelleth in desolate cities, [and] in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. Ver. 28. And he dwelleth in desolate cities ] Such as had been before desolated, but a...

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• Job 15:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he dwelleth It should rather be translated, But he dwelleth in desolate places. This is fitly opposed to the prosperity last mentioned, and is the beginning of the description of his misery,...

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• Job 15:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a measure of consid...

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• Job 15:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;   18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:   19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, a...

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• Job 15:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He dwelleth in desolate cities: these words may note either, 1. His tyranny and cruelty, whereby he makes the places of his abode and dominion desolate by his frequent murders, spoils, and oppres...

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• Job 15:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s cou...

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• Job 15:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 15:2 . Fill his belly with the east wind; a hot dry wind, the least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech, equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm...

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• Job 15:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first (ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of speakers is maintained. Job answers each spea...

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• Job 15:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety

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• Job 15:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Isaiah 5:8-10 ; Jeremiah 26:18 ; Jeremiah 51:37 ; Jeremiah 9:11 ; Job 18:15 ; Job 3:14 ; Micah 3:12 ; Micah 7:18

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• Job 15:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But — This is fitly opposed to the prosperity last mentioned, and is the beginning of the description of his misery.

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