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Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
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The Final, Public Verdict
Several commentators agree that this verse describes the ultimate, public judgment of the unrepentant. While a wicked person might have enjoyed honor in life, their final end will be met with universal scorn. This public 'clapping' and 'hissing' signifies that all of creation will ultimately affirm the rightness of God's verdict against them.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Men shall clap their hands at him - That is, they shall combine to drive him out of the world, and rejoice when he is gone. The sam…
19th Century
Baptist
Such ignominy will be poured upon the hypocrite in the end that all humanity will endorse the sentence of God which condemns him; and shame and eve…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Men] shall clap their hands at him In a way of joy and triumph, scorn and derision, see ([Reference Lamentations 2:…
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Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were …
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had successfully refuted the speech of Bildad, who had cited divine power against him as if Job were ignorant of its greatness. Whe…
