“Egrediuntur quasi greges parvuli eorum, et infantes eorum exultant lusibus.”
“They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.”
“They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,”
“They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.”
“They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.”
They have store of children, lusty and healthful, and in these points he answereth to that which Zophar alleged before.
Their. Septuagint, “They continue like eternal sheep, as if they and their flocks would never die. (Calmet) — And play, is to shew the nature of the dance. It is not in Hebrew. (Haydock) — The children are healthy and sportive. (Menochius) — Septuagint, “they play before them.” (Haydock)
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.