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Selected Verse: Job 15:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 15:21 |
Strong Concordance |
A dreadful [06343] sound [06963] is in his ears [0241]: in prosperity [07965] the destroyer [07703] shall come [0935] upon him. |
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King James |
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| An evil conscience conceives alarm at every sudden sound, though it be in a time of peace ("prosperity"), when there is no real danger (Lev 26:36; Pro 28:1; Kg2 7:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
A dreadful sound is in his ears - Margin, "A sound of fears." He hears sudden, frightful sounds, and is alarmed. Or when he thinks himself safe, he is suddenly surprised. The enemy steals upon him, and in his fancied security he dies. This sentiment might be illustrated at almost any length by the mode of savage warfare in America, and by the sudden attacks which the American savage makes, in the silence of the night, on his unsuspecting foes. The Chaldee renders this, "the fear of the terrors in Gehenna are in his ears; when the righteous dwell in peace and eternal life, destruction comes upon him."
In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him - When he supposes he is safe, and his affairs seem to be prosperous, then sudden destruction comes; see Th1 5:3. The history of wicked people, who have encompassed themselves with wealth, and as they supposed with every thing necessary to happiness, and who have been suddenly cut off, would furnish all the instances which would be necessary to illustrate this sentiment of Eliphaz. See an exquisitely beautiful illustration of it in Psa 37:35-36 :
I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a green bay-tree.
Yet he passed away, and lo he was not;
Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
So, also, in Psa 73:18-20 :
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places;
Thou castedst them down into destruction.
How are they brought into desolation as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream when one awaketh,
O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A sound - Even when he feels no evil, he is tormented with perpetual fears. Come upon him - Suddenly and unexpectedly. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A dreadful sound is in his ears - If he be an oppressor or tyrant, he can have no rest: he is full of suspicions that the cruelties he has exercised on others shall be one day exercised on himself; for even in his prosperity he may expect the destroyer to rush upon him. |
6 For the Lord [0136] had made the host [04264] of the Syrians [0758] to hear [08085] a noise [06963] of chariots [07393], and a noise [06963] of horses [05483], even the noise [06963] of a great [01419] host [02428]: and they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], Lo, the king [04428] of Israel [03478] hath hired [07936] against us the kings [04428] of the Hittites [02850], and the kings [04428] of the Egyptians [04714], to come [0935] upon us.
1 The wicked [07563] flee [05127] when no man pursueth [07291]: but the righteous [06662] are bold [0982] as a lion [03715].
36 And upon them that are left [07604] alive of you I will send [0935] a faintness [04816] into their hearts [03824] in the lands [0776] of their enemies [0341]; and the sound [06963] of a shaken [05086] leaf [05929] shall chase [07291] them; and they shall flee [05127], as fleeing [04499] from a sword [02719]; and they shall fall [05307] when none pursueth [07291].
18 Surely thou didst set [07896] them in slippery places [02513]: thou castedst them down [05307] into destruction [04876].
19 How are they brought into desolation [08047], as in a moment [07281]! they are utterly [05486] consumed [08552] with terrors [01091].
20 As a dream [02472] when one awaketh [06974]; so, O Lord [0136], when thou awakest [05782], thou shalt despise [0959] their image [06754].
35 I have seen [07200] the wicked [07563] in great power [06184], and spreading [06168] himself like a green [07488] bay tree [0249].
36 Yet he passed away [05674], and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought [01245] him, but he could not be found [04672].
3 For [1063] when [3752] they shall say [3004], Peace [1515] and [2532] safety [803]; then [5119] sudden [160] destruction [3639] cometh upon [2186] them [846], as [5618] travail [5604] upon [1722] a woman with child [1064] [2192]; and [2532] they shall [1628] not [3364] escape [1628].