15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: …
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: …
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-19)Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were righteous were ever cut off thus (Job 4:7); yet he takes it for granted that God, in the course of his providence, does ordinarily bring wicked men, who seemed pious and were prosperous, to shame and…
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