“Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit : vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo.”
“Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.”
“Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.”
“Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.”
“Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.”
Cattle. Literally, “ox,” bos. Protestants, “their bull gendereth, and faileth not.” (Haydock) — But Bochart explains it of the cows’ bringing forth every year. (Calmet) — Ox is used in the same sense, both by sacred and profane authors. (Haydock) — A great part of the riches of these nations consisted in cattle, Psalm cxliii. 14., and Zacharias viii. 5.
Verses 7-16 Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much of this world, they had no need to look after another. But religion is not a vain thing. If it be so to us, we may thank ourselves for resting on the outside of it. Job shows their folly.