โquia in diem perditionis servatur malus, et ad diem furoris ducetur.โ
โThat the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. wrath: Heb. wrathsโ
โIndeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.โ
โthat the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?โ
โThat the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?โ
Though the wicked flourish here, yet God will punish him in the last day.
To the. He will be requited indeed, at last; or rather, when others are in the utmost danger, he will be protected as it were by God. Septuagint, (Calmet) or Theodotion, โthe wicked is kept on high,โ chouthizetai. All from ver. 28 to 33 inclusively, is marked as an addition to the Septuagint by Grabe, who has supplied many similar omissions, of which Origen and St. Jerome complained. (Haydock)
Verses 27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, ( Jude 1:14 Jude 1:15 ) . The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid funeral: a poor thing for any man to be proud of the prospect of. He shall have a stately monument. And a valley with springs of water to keep the turf green, was accounted an honourable burial place among eastern people; but such things are vain distinctions. Death closes his prosperity. It is but a poor encouragement to die, that others have died before us. That which makes a man die with true courage, is, with faith to remember that Jesus Christ died and was laid in the grave, not only before us, but for us. That He hath gone before us, and died for us, who is alive and liveth for us, is true consolation in the hour of death.