Job 36:20

1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Kings 19:35; Acts 1:25; Daniel 5:30; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Exodus 12:29; Job 14:13; Job 17:13; Job 17:14; Job 3:20; Job 3:21; Job 6:9; Job 7:15; Luke 12:20; Proverbs 14:32

Related Commentaries of Job 36:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Desire not the night - That is, evidently, “the night of death.” The darkness of the night is an emblem of death, and it is not uncommon to speak...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(o) Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. (o) Do not be curious in seeking the cause of God's judgments, when he destroys an...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The godless cherish angry thoughts about God's discipline they refuse to cry for God's help ( Job 36:13 ). They die young, perishing like the sodomit...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. Desire not the night - Thou hast wished for death; (here called night); desire it not;...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Desire not the night— Desire not the night that thou mayest oppress the afflicted, expecting nothing less: Houbigant. But Heath renders it, Wish...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. Desire - pant for х tish'ap ( H7602 )]. Job had wished for death, ( Job 3:3...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Speeches of Elihu (continued) 1-15. Elihu maintains the wisdom and impartial justice of the rule of God. His purpose is to discipline and impr...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Work Begun. The Liberality of the People Cp. 1 Chronicles 29:6-9 ; Ezra 2:68-70 ; Nehemiah 7:70-72 . 8-38. The construction of the Taber...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The night ] probably, of judgment. People ] rather, 'nations.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Desire not the night — i.e., of death, as Job had done ( Job 16:22 ; Job 17:13 , &c., Job 19:27 ), or as, at all events, his words might be...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVI. THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 ; Job 37:1-24 AFTER a long digression Elihu returns to consider the statement ascribe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Despiseth not Any Job 36:1-33 God is mighty, but He does not despise thee, though thou be the least of saints. His eyes are upon thee for go...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After answering the arguments of Job, as expressed in the quotations, there would seem to have been a pause. Then Elihu commenced his last address....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. (5) В¶ Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is m...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Desire not the night ,.... Either in a literal sense, which Job might do; not for secrecy to commit sin, as the thief, murderer, and adulterer do; E...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. Ver. 20. Desire not the night, &c. ] That is, as some sense it, do not thou pe...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Desire not the night The night of death, which Job had often desired, for then thou art irrecoverably gone: take heed of thy foolish and often-repe...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SPEAKING ON GOD'S BEHALF (vv.1-4) Elihu continues in the same strain, for as he says, there is much more to be said on God's behalf. Where did E...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Desire not the night; either, 1. Properly, that in it thou mayst find some ease or rest, as men usually do. But this Job did not much desire, for...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIHU’S FOURTH SPEECH No reply being made to Elihu’s preceding address, he resumes. Job 36:1 .—“Elihu also proceded and said”. His object to br...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 36:3 . I will fetch my knowledge from afar; from the expanse of heaven, and from the remotest traditions of the sires. Natural theology is ver...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 36:1-18 The two chapters, Job 36:1-18 ; Job 37:1-18 , form a single discourse, and ought not to have been separated; or, a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Benevolent Purposes of Divine Justice
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place, the picture being that of chaff being carried away by a sudden gust of the tempest comi...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

High Altitudes in Elihu's Answer to Job Job 32:1-22 , Job 33:1-33 ; Job 34:1-37 ; Job 35:1-16 ; Job 36:1-33 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We now...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The night — The night of death, which Job had often desired, for then, thou art irrecoverably gone: take heed of thy foolish and often repeated des...

²⁰ Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Related Commentaries of Job 36:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 36:20