Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 21:32 - 21:32

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Job 21:32 - 21:32


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Yet, Heb. and. The pomp of his death shall be suitable to the glory of his life.



Shall he be brought, with pomp and state, as the word signifies.



To the grave, Heb. to the graves, i.e. to an honourable and eminent grave; the plural number being oft used emphatically to note eminency, as Job_40:10 Pro_1:20 Lam_3:22. He shall not die a violent, but a natural death, and shall lie in the bed of honour.



Shall remain in the tomb, Heb. shall watch (i.e. have a constant and fixed abode, as watchmen have in the watching-place) in the heap, i.e. in his grave, which is called a heap, either because the earth is there heaped up, or because it was adorned with some pyramid or other monument raised up to his honour. His body shall quietly rest in his grave or monument, where he shall be embalmed and preserved so entire and uncorrupted, that he might rather seem to be a living watchman, set there to guard the body, than to be a dead corpse.