Job 21:21

Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Job 14:21; Job 14:5; Luke 16:27; Luke 16:28; Psalms 102:24; Psalms 55:23

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For what pleasure hath he ... - That is, what happiness shall he have in his family? This, it seems to me, is designed to be a reference to their...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? For what pleasure hath he in his house aft...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? The argument of the friends, in proof...
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 l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pleasure ] better, 'interest.' 22-26. It is presumptuous for the friends to settle what are the rules by which God decides the fate of men, God w...
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...
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 ar...
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 illustrati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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? a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him ,.... As, on the one hand, the prosperity of his children after his decease gives him no pleasure...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? Ver. 21. For what pleasure hath he in h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

What pleasure hath he in his house after him? As for what befalls his children when he is dead, he concerns not himself; he is not affected with th...
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 incens...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What pleasure hath he in his house after him? or, for what desire, or care, or study hath he for or concerning (as beth is oft used) his house...
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 con...
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...
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...
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 introductor...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, what does the wicked care about those whom he leaves behind, what interest has he in their welfare,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For, &c. — What delight can ye take in the thoughts of his posterity, when he is dying an untimely death? When that number of months, which by...

²¹ For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Related Commentaries of Job 21:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 21:21