and was this his character and case, upon their principles, he could expect no other than to be a miserable man, as wicked men are, who have their blessings turned into curses, or taken away from them, and they removed out of the world in the most awful and terrible manner, and under manifest tokens of the wrath and displeasure of God
Bible Commentary
Job 27:7
Job 27:7
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
Recommended reading
More for Job 27:7
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
Job 27 — OverviewJob 27 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleJob had sometimes complained of his friends that they were so eager in
disputing that they would scarcely let him put in a word: "Suffer me
that I may speak;" and, "O that you would hold your peace!" But now, it…Job 27 — OverviewJob 27 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 27:1, Job protests his sincerity; Job 27:8, The hypocrite is without hope; Job 27:11, The blessings which the wicked have are turned into curses.Job 27 — OverviewJob 27 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThough Job's friends were become silent, and dropped the controversy with him, he still continued his discourse in this and the four following chapters; in which he asserts his integrity; illustrates and confirms his…Job 27:1-10Job 27:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryJob's first parable: 1. The transgressions of a godly man.
I. A DARING ACCUSATION.
1. Against whom directed? Against Eloah, the All-sufficient One; Shaddai, the All-powerful One, the Self-existent, Living One, whose…Job 27:1-23Job 27:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 27:1-23Job 27:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryThis chapter divides itself into three distinct portions. In the first, which extends to the end of Job 27:6, Job is engaged in maintaining, with the utmost possible solemnity (verse 2), both his actual integrity (verse…