Job 21:33

Ecclesiastes 1:4; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Ecclesiastes 8:8; Genesis 3:19; Hebrews 9:27; Job 3:17; Job 3:18; Job 30:23

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him - That is, he shall lie as calmly as others in the grave. The language here is taken from that de...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (t) clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him. (t) He will be glad...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

clods. Hebrew. degeb . soft, or moist clods. Occurs only here and Job 38:38 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. The clods of the valley s...
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. As the classic has i...
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

After his life of happiness he rests in the sweet-smelling earth. His career of successful wickedness draws many to imitate him, as indeed he had him...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(30-33) That the wicked.... — These verses contain the result of their experience.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him. — Death is robbed of its repulsiveness and horror, seeing that all will be glad to join in his fun...
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

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

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him ,.... Where he lies interred, alluding to places of interment at the bottom of hills, and mountains,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as [there are] innumerable before him. Ver. 33. The clods of...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The clods of the valley Or, the grave, which is low and deep like a valley; shall be sweet unto him He shall sweetly rest in his grave, free from...
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

Punishment of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the valley, i.e. of the grave, which is low and deep like a valley. Shall be sweet unto him; he shall sweetly rest in his grave, free from all...
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 Rebukes his Friends for their One-Sidedness.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, the very earth under which he rests being like a soft couch to him, and every man shall draw after...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Valley — Of the grave, which is low and deep like a valley. Sweet — He shall sweetly rest in his grave. Draw — Heb. he shall draw every man after h...

³³ The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Related Commentaries of Job 21:33

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

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 21:33