“ They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. ”
They shall lie down alike in the dust - The emphasis here is on the word “alike” - יחד yachad . The idea is, that they should die “in a similar manner.” There would be no such difference in th...
They shall lie down alike in (o) the dust, and the worms shall cover them. (o) As concerning their bodies: and this he speaks according to the common judgment.
Job 21. Job's Reply. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: th...
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. They shall lie down alike in the dust - Death levels all distinctions, and the grave makes all equal. There may be a difference...
Lo, their good is not in their hand— After the foregoing elegant description of the prosperity of some wicked men, Job proceeds, on the other hand, to confess what was likewise apparent in the ways...
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. his guilt, as if proved by his sufferings.
Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradic...
They shall lie down alike in the dust. — Not only, therefore, is the inequality of their life a stumbling-block, but so also is the equality which obliterates all distinction between them in death....
XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1-34 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication...
“Shall Any Teach God?” Job 21:1-34 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6 , Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in a...
Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked a...
(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him...
They shall lie down alike in the dust ,.... Such as have lived and died in great outward prosperity, or in more unhappy circumstances; these are levelled by death, and brought into the same state an...
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. Ver. 26. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and worms, &c. ] Death and afflictions are common to them both, as Ecc 9:...
Another dieth Another wicked man, or any other man promiscuously considered, either good or bad. In the bitterness of his soul With heart-breaking pains and sorrows; and never eateth with pleas...
JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper....
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. B. C. 1520. 17 How oft is the c...
All these worldly differences are ended by death, and they lie in the grave without any distinction, till the time of general resurrection and judgment comes. So that no man can tell who is good, and...
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. Intr...
Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Jud...
But Job answered and said. Job’s third answer There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I....
EXPOSITION Job 21:1-18 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge...
Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
Ecclesiastes 9:2 ; Isaiah 14:11 ; Job 17:14 ; Job 19:26 ; Job 20:11 ; Job 3:18 ; Job 3:19 ; Psalms 49:14
Alike — All these worldly differences are ended by death, and they lie in the grave without any distinction. So that no man can tell who is good, and who is bad by events which befall them in this...