Job 27:22
in Job 27It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For God shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
KJV
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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This verse in Job 27
Commentary
10 notes on this verseFor He shall let loose upon him, and not spare. Fleeing he shall flee out of His hand. God, as often as He chastens the sinner by smiting him, for this reason 'lets loose' the scourge, that He may 'spare.' But when by smiting He brings his life to an end whilst remaining in sin, He 'lets loose' the scourge, but never at all 'spares.' For the Same, Who 'let loose' the scourge that He might 'spare,' one day 'lets it loose' with this view that He may not spare.
This site's exposition
It hurls itself against him without mercy
on Job 27:22-23
In the Berean the east wind of verse 21 is the subject. The speech ends in scorn where Job has begged for pity since chapter 19. Job pictures a fall met with the same scorn his own friends have shown him through the book.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Sometimes, however, he is not killed by interior weakness, but by an exterior persecutor, and so he says, "He" (God) "will send," some persecutor, "on him," who is more powerful than he, whom he cannot resist, "and he (the persecutor) will not spare him." "He" …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Cast - His darts or plagues one after another. Would flee - He earnestly desires to escape the judgments of God, but in vain. Those that will not be persuaded to fly to the arms of Divine grace, which are now stretched out to receive them, will not be able to flee from the arms of Divine wrath, which will shortly be stretched out to destroy them.
): For God shall cast upon him and not spare. While he lived he had the benefit of sparing mercy; but now the day of God's patience is over, and he will not spare, but pour out upon him the full vials of his wrath. What God casts down upon a man there is no flying from nor bearing up under.
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Job's Protestation of His Sincerity. 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
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For God shall cast upon him, and not spare,....
3 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The fact is, it is probable that Job tacitly, by giving, in the twenty-eighth chapter, only a general answer, implies, that in spite of the wicked often dying, as he said, in prosperity, he does not mean to deny that the wicked are in the main dealt with according to right, and that God herein vindicates His moral government even here.
God shall cast upon him - Or, rather, the storm mentioned above shall incessantly pelt him, and give him no respite; nor can he by any means escape from its fury.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For God shall cast upon him - That is, God shall bring calamities upon him, or cast his thunderbolts upon him, and shall not pity him. He would fain flee - He would gladly escape from the wrath of God, but he is unable to do it.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְ | veyashlekh | and he will throw [it] | H7993 → | 125 times |
| עָ֭לָיו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַחְמֹ֑ל | yachmol | he will show pity | H2550 → | 41 times |
| מִ֝יָּד֗וֹ | miyado | from hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| בָּר֥וֹחַ | baroach | certainly | H1272 → | 63 times |
| יִבְרָֽח׃ | yivrach | he will flee | H1272 → | 63 times |
וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְand he will throw [it]
veyashlekhH7993 →125 times
עָ֭לָיוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יַחְמֹ֑לhe will show pity
yachmolH2550 →41 times
מִ֝יָּד֗וֹfrom hand his
miyadoH3027 →1618 times
בָּר֥וֹחַcertainly
baroachH1272 →63 times
יִבְרָֽח׃he will flee
yivrachH1272 →63 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Job 20:24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
it leads to
- Amos 5:19
It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a…
- Isaiah 24:18
Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of…
- Amos 5:19
Through
Ezekiel 24:14I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’…
it leads to
- Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Matthew 16:27
Through
Ezekiel 5:11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 7:20
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in…
- Ezekiel 8:5–6
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I…
- Ezekiel 7:4
I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am…
- Ezekiel 7:20
Through
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- Deuteronomy 28:65
Where this verse is studied
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About Job
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVIII; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; R. A. Watson, The Book of Job, Expositor's Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.