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There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.
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A Home Inhabited by Terror
Commentators explain that the wicked person's home, no longer theirs, becomes inhabited by something dreadful. While the text is not explicit, scholars suggest this new dweller is 'terror' itself. The once-thriving home becomes a place of supernatural dread and desolation, like a haunted house, symbolizing the curse that falls upon the unrighteous.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
It shall dwell in his tabernacle - It is uncertain what this refers to. Some suppose that the implied word is “soul,” and that the meaning i…
19th Century
Anglican
It shall dwell in his tabernacle. —Or, “There shall dwell in his tent those who are not his,” or “which is no longer his”: that is…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
It shall dwell in his tabernacle What shall dwell in it is not said; there are various conjectures about it, and dif…
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Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are reserved for in the next world, and which, to some extent, often overtakes them in this world. T…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Bildad had described the punishments of sinners found in external adversities, but here he begins to address the punishments affecting …
