5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. …
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. …
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. …
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here, I. Zophar begins very passionately, and seems to be in a great heat at what Job had said. Being resolved to condemn Job for a bad man, he was much displeased that he talked so like a good man, and, as it should seem, broke in upon him, and began abruptly (Job 20:2): Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer . He takes no notice of what Job had said to move their pity, or to evidence his ow…
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