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He is green before the sun, His shoots go forth over his garden.
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A Picture of False Prosperity
Commentators explain that this verse paints a picture of a hypocrite who appears incredibly successful. Like a lush, green plant with spreading branches, their life seems full of vitality and growth. This outward show of success, however, is deceptive and masks a hidden, fatal weakness that will be exposed under pressure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He is green before the sun - The Vulgate reads, “antequam veniat sol - before the sun comes.” So too, the Chaldee: “before the risi…
19th Century
Anglican
He is green. —Here begins, as we understand it, another and an opposite picture, which fact is marked in the Hebrew by an emphatic…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He [is] green before the sun Which some understand of the rush or flag, of which a further account is given, as sett…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding verses, Bildad of Shuah defended the same opinion that Eliphaz the Temanite had proposed: that those who are divinely punished for…
