Job 8:19

Behold, this is the joy of his way, &c.— Behold him now; destruction is in his path; and strangers out of the dust shall spring up in his room. Heath.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, this [is] the joy (l) of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. (l) To be planted in another place, where it may grow as it please...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Wisdom of the Ancients. Bildad recalls Job to tradition as enshrined in the proverbs of the fathers ( Job 8:8 ). Authority belongs to the voice...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. is. Supply "ends" instead of "is".
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold this is the joy of his way - A strong irony. Here is the issue o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold, is the joy of his way. Bitter irony. The hypocrite boasts...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Bildad Holding the same doctrine about sin and suffering as Eliphaz, Bildad supports the views of his friend by an appeal to t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The joy of his way ] the short-lived prosperity of the sinner. Others grow ] who fill his place.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIX. VENTURESOME THEOLOGY Job 8:1-22 BILDAD SPEAKS THE first attempt to meet Job has been made by one who relies on his own experience and ta...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Will not Cast Away Job 8:1-22 Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of former generations to show that special suff...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In answer to Job, the next of his friends, Bildad, took up the argument. There is greater directness in his speech than in that of Eliphaz. By compar...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? (11) Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, this [is] the joy of his way ,.... Of the state and condition of the hypocrite, who, while he is in outward prosperity, exults and rejoices,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Ver. 19. Behold, this is the joy of his way ] q.d. A goodly joy! s...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, this is the joy of his way Or, rather, This is the way of his joy: it all ends in this: this is the issue of his flourishing state. He fa...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BILDAD'S CRUEL RESPONSE (vv.1-22) Bildad's response to Job was much more brief than that of Eliphaz, but following along the same line. He did n...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and kn...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is the joyful and happy issue of the flourishing course, state, and condition (which is frequently called a way) of this tree, or of the hypocri...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

BILDAD’S FIRST SPEECH Bildad less courteous and considerate of Job’s feelings than even Eliphaz. Commences with an unfeeling reflection on his s...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 8:7 . Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should be great. Many great patriarchs, like Jacob, had once but a small beginning....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said . Bildad the Shuhite has the second place in the passage where Job's friends...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Accusation of Wickedness against Job. Bildad was convinced that Job was, in some way, guilty of some special great transgression against the Lor...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, this is the joy of his way, thus his pretended joyful way of living comes to a sudden, disastrous end, and out of the earth shall others gro...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 2:8 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; Job 20:5 ; Matthew 13:20 ; Matthew 13:21 ; Matthew 3:9 ; Psalms 113:7 ; Psalms 75:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Behold — This is the issue of the flourishing state. This all his joy comes to. And, &c. — Out of the same earth or place shall another tree gr...

¹⁹ Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Related Commentaries of Job 8:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 8:19