Ecclesiastes 9:2; Isaiah 14:11; Job 17:14; Job 19:26; Job 20:11; Job 3:18; Job 3:19; Psalms 49:14
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 simila...
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 commo...
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...
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...
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,...
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 l...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
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 lev...
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...
Another dieth Another wicked man, or any other man promiscuously considered, either good or bad. In the bitterness of his soul With heart-breaki...
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...
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. B. C. 1520....
All these worldly differences are ended by death, and they lie in the grave without any distinction, till the time of general resurrection and judgme...
JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy con...
Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood...
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...
One dieth in his full strength. .. Another dieth in the bitterness of his soul. Providence vindicated against the superficial observer That whi...
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...
Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
They, the fortunate with the unfortunate, shall lie down alike in the dust, in the grave, and the worms shall cover them. In death all men are eq...
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, a...
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.