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The Total Erasure of the Wicked
Commentators explain that this verse uses the powerful image of a plant being so utterly destroyed that the very ground it grew in denies its existence. This illustrates the complete and final erasure of the wicked or hypocrite, whose influence and memory are wiped away as if they had never been.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 8:18
18th Century
Theologian
If he destroy him from his place—The particle here that is rendered "if" (אם 'ı̂m) is often used to denote emphasis, and means here…
John Gill
On Job 8:18
17th Century
Pastor
If he destroy him from his place
If the sun when he is risen strikes the tree with such vehement heat that it wither…
Matthew Henry
On Job 8:8–19
17th Century
Minister
Bildad speaks insightfully about hypocrites and evildoers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth���the destruction of…