Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 34:26
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
He striketh them as wicked men – literally, Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them. That is, he deals with them as if they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. He deals with them under the general character of wicked people, and punishes them accordingly.
In the open sight of others – Margin, as in Hebrew in the place of beholders. The idea is, that it is done openly or publicly. Their sins had been committed in secret, but they are punished openly. The manifestation of the divine displeasure is in the presence of spectators, or is so open and public, that it cannot but be seen. It is very probable that in all this description Elihu had his eye upon the public calamities which had come upon Job, and that he meant to include him among the number of mighty men whom God thus suddenly overturned.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. He striketh them as wicked men] At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
As wicked men, i.e. as he useth to smite wicked men, with a grievous and terrible stroke. Compare Isa 27:7. Or, for wicked men; or, because they are wicked men, therefore he destroys them without any regard to their quality.
In the open sight of others; in public view, for their greater shame, and for the greater glory of Gods justice, and for the greater terror of other oppressors, and comfort of the oppressed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
26. He striketh themchasteneth.
asthat is, becausethey are wicked.
sight of othersSinnershid themselves in darkness; therefore they are punished before all,in open day. Image from the place of public execution (Job 40:12;Exo 14:30; 2Sa 12:12).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
He striketh them as wicked men,…. Such is the strict justice of God, that he never strikes men, or inflicts punishment on them, or brings down his judgments upon them, but as wicked men, and because of their wickedness; the casting of man out of Eden was for his sin, as well as the casting down the angels from heaven that sinned; the drowning of the old world, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the ruin of Pharaoh and his host, the driving the Canaanites out of their land, the various captivities of the Israelites, with other instances of God’s displeasure with men in this world, and the everlasting punishment of them in another, are only of them as wicked men, and for sin; and therefore he is not chargeable with any unrighteousness. Sephorno interprets it, “instead of wicked men”, and illustrates it by the shaking out of Pharaoh and his host into the sea in the room and stead of the wicked Israelites, that came up from thence,
in the open sight of others: which the same interpreter refers to the Israelites seeing the Egyptians dead on the seashore; or “in the place of them that see” f, that is, in a public manner, as generally malefactors are executed, to which the allusion may be; it denotes the publicness of God’s righteous judgments on wicked men, for the greater declaration of his power and justice, and for the greater shame and disgrace of such wicked men, and for the joy and comfort of the righteous delivered from them.
f “in loco videntium”, V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Michaelis; “in loco spectantium”, Beza, Cocceius, Schultens.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(26) He striketh them as wicked men.Rather, in the place of wicked men he striketh them: i.e., the wickedthat is, He executeth His judgments in the sight of all beholders, striking down wicked men in their very place, so that there can be no doubt as to who are stricken or why they are stricken.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
26. In the open sight of others Literally, They (the mighty) are punished like malefactors, in the place of beholders; that is, where all can see, in order that they may take warning.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 34:26. In the open sight of others This is a metaphor taken from executions, which are performed in public places amid a croud of spectators, for the sake of example.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Job 34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Ver. 26. He striketh them as wicked men, &c. ] Complodit cos, saith Junius, scilicet ut inflatas vesicas in sun ipsorum sede, he striketh upon them, as blown bladders, in their own seat. This is an elegant similitude, setting forth the sudden overthrow of graceless great ones, as with a kind of noise, and not without public notice; for it followeth,
In the open sight of others
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
in: Exo 14:30, Deu 13:9-11, Deu 21:21, 2Sa 12:11, 2Sa 12:12, Psa 58:10, Psa 58:11, Isa 66:24, 1Ti 5:20, 1Ti 5:24, Rev 18:9, Rev 18:10, Rev 18:20
open sight of others: Heb. place of beholders
Reciprocal: Psa 28:5 – Because Eze 16:41 – and execute
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
34:26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of {u} others;
(u) Meaning, openly in the sight of all men.