And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
If they be afflicted, it is no proof that they are hypocrites, as the friends maintain; or that God disregards them, and is indifferent whether men are good or bad, as Job asserts: God is thereby, 'disciplining them,' and 'showing them their sins,' and if they bow in a right spirit under God's visiting hand, the greatest blessings ensue.
Verse 9. Work - transgression: so "work" is used, Job 33:17, margin.
That ... exceeded - `in that they behaved themselves mightily'-literally, as mighty heroes х yitgabaaruw (H1396)]; i:e., presumptuously, or, at least, self-confidently.
Verse 10. (Job 33:16-18; Job 33:23)