33The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-34)In these verses, I. Job opposes the opinion of his friends, which he saw they still adhered to, that the wicked are sure to fall into such visible and remarkable ruin as Job had now fallen into, and none but the wicked, upon which principle they condemned Job as a wicked man. “ I know your thoughts ,” says Job (Job 21:27); “I know you will not agree with me; for your judgments are tinctured and bi…
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