That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Their testimony (referring perhaps to those who had visited the region where Abraham, who enjoyed a revelation, then lived) is, "the wicked is (now) spared (reserved) against the day of destruction" (hereafter). The Hebrew does not so well agree with (Umbreit) 'in the day of destruction.' х lªyowm (H3117) yeechaasek (H2820) plainly agrees with the English version, "Is reserved to (or for, or against) the day, etc.] Job does not deny sinners' future punishment, but their punishment in this life. They have their "good things" now. Hereafter their lot, and that of the godly, shall be reversed (Luke 16:25). Job, by the Spirit, often utters truths which solve the difficulty under which he laboured. His afflictions mostly clouded his faith, else he would have seen the solution furnished by his own words. This answers the objection, that if he knew of the resurrection (Job 19:25), and future retribution (Job 21:30), why did he not draw his reasonings elsewhere from them, which he does not? God's righteous government, however, needs to be vindicated as to this life also, and therefore the Holy Spirit has caused the argument mainly to turn on it, at the same time giving glimpses of a future fuller vindication of God's ways.
Brought forth - not 'carried away safe' or 'escape' (referring to this life), as Umbreit has it.
Wrath - literally, 'wraths;' i:e., multiplied and fierce wrath.