Job 18

Job 18:2

ERe you make an end of words] Thou, and thy companions that are of thy minde. And it may be some were present at this discourse, that approved of Job’s words, chap. 35. 4.

Job 18:3

as beasts] I, and Eliphaz and Zophar. See chap. 17. 7. and 17. 4, 20.

Job 18:4

He teareth himself in his anger] Chap. 13. 14. He speaks to those that were present, of Jobs impatience: he carries himself like a mad man.

himself] Heb. his soul.

for thee] Now he turns him suddenly to Job. Shall God change the order of nature, fastned as a rock, for thy sake, by dealing with thee otherwise then he doth with all men?

Job 18:5

the light of the wicked shall be put out] Notwithstanding thy protestations, thou art wicked; for God hath afflicted thee, as he doth wicked men.

the spark of his fire shall not shine] His prosperity shall be totally taken away, and no spark of it left, 2 Samuel 14:7. Proverbs 13:9. and Proverbs 20:20.

Job 18:6

candle] Or, lamp.

with him] which is with him.

Job 18:8

by his own feet] Wicked men bring themselves into dangers they cannot get out of.

he walketh upon a snare] They are continually in danger.

Job 18:9

rbber shall prevail against him] Chap. 5. 5.

Job 18:10

laid] Heb. hidden.

Job 18:11

on every side] Chap. 15. 21. Jeremiah 6:25. and Jeremiah 20:3. and Jeremiah 46:5. and 49. 29.

dive him] Heb. scatter him.

Job 18:12

His strength shall be hunger-bitten] Chap. 15. 23. That which should nourish him, shall be consumed by famine.

Job 18:13

strength] Heb. bars.

the first-born of death shall devour his strength] Some violent death shall consume his strength, Isaiah 14:30.

Job 18:14

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernae] Chap. 8. 14. and 11. 20. Psalms 112:10. Proverbs 10:28. There shall be left him no hope of deliverance, chap. 20. 21.

it shall bring him] Despair of help, mentioned in the beginning of the verse.

the king of terrours] To death, which is most feared.

Job 18:15

It shall dwell in his tabernacle] Fear, mentioned in the former verse.

none of his] Meaning, not truely come by.

brimstene shall be scattered upon his habitation] Though all the world would favour him, yet God would destroy him and his, chap. 1. 16. Genesis 19:24.

Job 18:16

His root shall be dried up beneath] He shall be utterly ruined root and branch, as a tree whose roots and branches are decayed, Isaiah 5:24.

Job 18:17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth] Proverbs 2. 22. and 10. 7. Psalms 109:13.

Job 18:18

He shall be driven] Heb. They shall drive him.

He shall be driven from light into darknesse] From off the earth, into the grave.

Job 18:19

son nor nephew among his people] Isaiah 14:22. Jerem. 22. 30.

Job 18:20

shall be astonied at his day] The day that God destroyeth him.

they that went before] Before them that lived after him; that is, they that beheld his fall.

went before him] Or, lived with him.

were affrighted] Heb. laid held on horrour.

Job 18:21

such are the dwellings of the wicked] Such an end shall the dwellings of wicked men have.

that knoweth not God] Isaiah 1:3. Jeremiah 9:3. Psalms 79:6. Do not honour God as they should, Romans 1:28. Titus 1:16.