From the wilderness; whence the fiercest winds came, as having most power in such open places. See Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 13:24. Smote the four corners; in which the chief strength of the house did consist. It smote these either all together, or rather successively, one immediately after another, being possibly a whirlwind, which comes violently and suddenly, whirling about in a circle, and being driven about by the power of the devil, which is very great. The young men; his sons in their youth, and his daughters also, as appears from the sequel.
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Job 1:19
19 And, behold, there came a great wind fromi the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.