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Ki̇tap (Turkish Bible)
Eyüp 8:22
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
clothed: Psalms 35:26, Psalms 109:29, Psalms 132:18, 1 Peter 5:5
come to nought: Heb. not be, Job 8:18, Job 7:21
Reciprocal: Job 24:24 - gone Job 27:19 - he is not Ezekiel 26:16 - clothe Amos 5:5 - come
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame,.... The Chaldeans and Sabeans, who had plundered him of his substance, when they should see him restored to his former prosperity, beyond all hope and expectation, and themselves liable to his resentment, and under the displeasure of Providence: the phrase denotes utter confusion, and such as is visible as the clothes upon a man's back; see Psalms 132:18;
and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught; or, "shall not be" t; shall be no more; be utterly destroyed, and no more built up again; even such dwelling places they fancied would continue for ever, and perpetuate their names to the latest posterity; but the curse of God being in them, and upon them, they come to nothing, and are no more: thus ends Bildad's speech; Job's answer to it follows.
t איננו "non erit", Pagninus, Mercerus, Drusius, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame - When they see your returning prosperity, and the evidences of the divine favor. They will then be ashamed that they regarded you as a hypocrite, and that they reproached you in your trials.
And the dwelling-place of the wicked ... - The wicked shall be destroyed, and his family shall pass away. That is, God will favor the righteous, but punish the wicked. This opinion the friends of Job maintain all along, and by this they urge him to forsake his sins, repent, and return to God.
