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With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

With kings — Reposing as they do. This is the language of calm meditation on what would have been the consequence if he had died when he was…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Desolate places—that is, gorgeous tombs and splendid sepulchres, which, being tenanted only by the dead, are desolate; or it may m…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

With the kings and counsellors of the earth
From whom he might descend, he being a person of great distinction and f…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Job complained of those present at his birth for their tender attention to him. No creature comes into the world so helpless as man. God's power an…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

After cursing the day of his birth and the night of his conception to show that he detested his life from its beginning, Job now shows that he also…

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