Job 21:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? ”

• Job 21:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Who shall declare his way to his face? - That is, the face of the wicked. Who shall dare to rise up and openly charge him with his guilt? The idea is, that none would dare to do it, and that, the...

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• Job 21:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Who shall declare his way (s) to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done? (s) Though men flatter him, and no one dares to reprove him in this world, yet death is a token that he will b...

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• Job 21:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Who... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

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• Job 21:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? Who shall declare his way to his face? - But while the wicked is in power, who shall dare to tell him to his face w...

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• Job 21:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Behold, I know your thoughts— By the day of destruction, and the day of wrath, mentioned in the 30th verse, I believe it will appear, from the context, can be meant no other than the future day...

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• Job 21:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? i.e., Who dares to chirp him openly with his bad ways? namely, in this present life. So powerful is the wicked...

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• Job 21:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (30-33) That the wicked.... — These verses contain the result of their experience.

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• Job 21:31 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “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...

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• Job 21:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (27) В¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. (28) For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (29)...

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• Job 21:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Who shall declare his way to his face ?.... Jarchi and Aben Ezra think that Job here returns to God, and speaks of him, as in Job 21:22 ; signifying that no man can or ought to presume to charge t...

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• Job 21:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done? Ver. 31. Who shall declare his way to his face? &c. ] Who shall be so bold as to deal plainly with this rich...

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• Job 21:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Who shall declare his way? That is, his wicked course and actions, and whither they lead him; to his face That is, plainly, and while he lives, as the same phrase is used Deuteronomy 7:10 . His...

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• Job 21:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• Job 21:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Punishment of the Wicked. B. C. 1520.       27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices...

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• Job 21:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  His way, i.e. his wicked course and actions, and whither they lead him. His power and splendour is so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him for his sin, or show him his danger. To his face,...

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• Job 21:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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....

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• Job 21:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Job 21:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Job Rebukes his Friends for their One-Sidedness.

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• Job 21:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 21:19-24 ; 2 Samuel 12:7-12 ; Acts 24:25 ; Deuteronomy 7:10 ; Galatians 2:11 ; Isaiah 59:13 ; James 2:13 ; Jeremiah 2:33-35 ; Job 21:19 ; Job 41:11 ; Mark 6:18 ; Psalms 50:21 ; R...

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• Job 21:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Declare — His power and splendor are so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him.

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