Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
Whereas our substance is not cut down. The triumphant speech of the pious. If "substance" be retained translate, rather, as the Septuagint, 'Has not their substance been taken away, and?' etc. But the Hebrew is rather, 'Truly х `im (H5973) lo' (H3808): not, whereas ... not] our adversary х qiymaanuw (H7009)] is cut down' (Gesenius). The learned Cocceius supports the English version. The same opposition exists between the godly and ungodly seed as between the unfallen and restored Adam and Satan (adversary): this forms the groundwork of the book (Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-13; Genesis 3:15).
Remnant - all that 'is left' of the sinner: repeated from Job 20:26, which makes Umbreit's rendering, 'glory' (margin), 'excellency,' less probable.
Fire - alluding to Job (Job 1:16; Job 15:34; Job 18:15; Job 20:26). First is mentioned destruction by water (Job 22:16); here, by fire (2 Peter 3:5-7).