Bible Commentary

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 20. Even she whose womb bore the sinner shall forget him; none shall find pleasure in him but the worm, to whose taste he shall be sweet. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:20”

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned. 19. As the fierce heat and drought evaporate the abundant waters of the dissolving winter snow, leaving no trace of them, so doth Sheol engulf the sinners, that they disappear without a remnant from the world; comp. ch. Job 6:15 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:19”

He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 18. He is swift as the waters ] Rather, he is swift upon the face of the waters. The person spoken of is the wicked man, especially such a tyrannical, proud oppressor as is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:18”

For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death. 17. This verse expands the last clause of Job 24:16: For the morning is to them as the shadow of death, For they know the terrors of the shadow … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:17”

In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 16. which they had marked ] Rather, they shut (lit. seal) themselves up in the daytime. In the dark the housebreaker digs through the wall, which in many Eastern houses is of clay or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:16”

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face. 15. The adulterer waits for the “twilight,” i. e. of even. Then he disguises himself, or puts a cover on his face, that he may enter undetected the house of his neighbour. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:15”

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 14. with the light ] i. e. toward day-break, while it is still partially dark. At such an hour the murderer waylays the solitary traveller. is as a thief ] i. e. acts the thief, becomes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:14”

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 13. They are of those ] Rather, these are of them that rebel. The speaker introduces a new class of malefactors. The “light” here is of course the light of day, with the implication, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:13”

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them]. 12. Men groan from out of the city ] Rather, according to the pointing, from out of the populous city they groan. In this, however, there is no parallelism to the “soul of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:12”

[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. 11. A similar contrast between “tread the winepresses” and “suffer thirst.” The expression “within their walls” refers to the walled, well-protected vineyards of the rich nobility, within which these miserable serfs tread out abundant wine all the while that they themselves pant … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:11”