21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-23)Job’s friends had seen a great deal of the misery and destruction that attend wicked people, especially oppressors; and Job, while the heat of disputation lasted, had said as much, and with as much assurance, of their prosperity; but now that the heat of the battle was nearly over he was willing to own how far he agreed with them, and where the difference between his opinion and theirs lay. 1. He…
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