Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 20:26

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26. All darkness —that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in His (God's) secret places, or treasures ( Judges 1:13 ; Deuteronomy 32:34 ). not blown —not kindled by man's hands, but by God's ( Deuteronomy 32:34- : ; the Septuagint in the Alexandrian Manuscript reads "unquenchable fire," Deuteronomy 32:34- : ). Tact is shown by the friends in not expressly mentioning, but alluding under color of general cases, to Job's calamities; here ( Job 1:16 ) UMBREIT explains it, wickedness, is a "self-igniting fire"; in it lie the principles of destruction. ill . . . tabernacle —Every trace of the sinner must be obliterated ( Job 1:16- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-job-20-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/job-20-26

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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