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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Job 21:21 - 21:21
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The argument of the friends, in proof of Job 21:20, What pleasure can he have from his house (children) when he is dead - (“after him,” Ecc 3:22).
when the number, etc. - Or, rather, “What hath he to do with his children?” etc. (so the Hebrew in Ecc 3:1; Ecc 8:6). It is therefore necessary that “his eyes should see his and their destruction” (see Job 14:21).
cut off - rather, when the number of his allotted months is fulfilled (Job 14:5). From an Arabic word, “arrow,” which was used to draw lots with. Hence “arrow” - inevitable destiny [Umbreit].