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He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He is green before the sun - The Vulgate reads, “antequam veniat sol - before the sun comes.” So too, the Chaldee: “before the risi…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He is green. —Here begins, as we understand it, another and an opposite picture, which fact is marked in the Hebrew by an emphatic…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He [is] green before the sun
Which some understand of the rush or flag, of which a further account is given, as sett…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Bildad speaks insightfully about hypocrites and evildoers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth—the destruction of t…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

In the preceding verses, Bildad of Shuah defended the same opinion that Eliphaz the Temanite had proposed: that those who are divinely punished for…

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