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fool. See note on Luk_11:40.
this night = this very night.
thy soul = thy life. App-110.
shall be required = they demand. Only here and Luk_6:30. Tr. A WI read "is required". But both are impersonal, referring to some unknown invisible agencies which carry out God's judgments or Satan's will. Compare Psa_49:15. Job_4:19; Job_18:18; Job_19:26; Job_34:20. In a good sense compare Isa_60:11.
which, &c. In the Greek this clause is emph., standing before the question "then whose", &c.
provided = prepared.