Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Job
Book: Job
Chapter: 27
Overview:
Job protests his sincerity.
(1-6) The
Hypocrite is without
Hope.
(7-10) The miserable
End of the wicked.
(11-23)
1-6 Job's friends now suffered him to speak, and he proceeded
in a
Grave and useful manner.
Job had confidence in the
Goodness
both of his cause and of his
God; and cheerfully committed his
cause to him. But
Job had not due reverence when he spake of
God
as taking away his
Judgment, and vexing his soul. To resolve
that our hearts shall not reproach us, while we
Hold Fast our
integrity, baffles the designs of the evil
Spirit.
7-10 Job looked upon the condition of a
Hypocrite and a wicked
Man, to be most miserable. If they gained through
Life By their
profession, and kept up their presumptuous
Hope till
Death, what
would that avail when
God required their souls? The more comfort
we find in our religion, the more closely we shall cleave to it.
Those who have
No delight in
God, are easily drawn away
By the
pleasures, and easily overcome
By the crosses of this
Life.
11-23 Job's friends,
On the same subject, spoke of the misery
of wicked men before
Death as proportioned to their crimes;
Job
considered that if it were not
So, still the consequences of
their
Death would be dreadful.
Job undertook to set this matter
in a true
Light.
Death to a godly
Man, is like a fair gale of
wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked
Man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to
Destruction.
While he lived, he had the benefit of sparing
Mercy; but now the
Day of
God's patience is over, and he will pour out upon him his
wrath. When
God casts down a
Man, there is
No flying from, nor
bearing up under his
Anger. Those who will not now flee to the
arms of Divine
Grace, which are stretched out to receive them,
will not be able to flee from the arms of Divine wrath, which
will shortly be stretched out to destroy them. And what is a
Man
profited if he gain the whole world, and thus lose his own soul?