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For he knows vain men - He is intimately acquainted with the heart; he knows human beings altogether. The word “vain” here (שׁו…

He knows vain men. —Though He does not regard it: that is, He seems not to see it.

Wickedness hidden under the veil of night, God sees as clearly as in the blaze of noon. Wickedness which never comes out of the heart, but remains …

For he knows vain men
Or, "men of vanity" F16, as all men are; men of low degree are vanity, and men of h…

Zophar speaks well concerning God and his greatness and glory, and concerning man and his vanity and folly. See here what man is; and let him be hu…

After Zophar has shown that there is something hidden in divine wisdom that is incomprehensible to people, he proceeds to clarify something he had …
Albert Barnes
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