Advanced Commentary

(ex.: John 3:14-18)

Table of Contents Bible Dictionary
Arts
Questions
Resources/Books

Context
18:6 The light <0216> in his tent <0168> grows dark <02821>; his lamp <05216> above <05921> him is extinguished <01846>. 18:7 His vigorous <0202> steps <06806> are restricted <03334>, and his own counsel <06098> throws <07993> him down <07993>. 18:8 For <03588> he has been thrown <07971> into a net <07568> by his feet <07272> and he wanders <01980> into <05921> a mesh <07639>. 18:9 A trap <06341> seizes <0270> him by the heel <06119>; a snare <06782> grips <02388> him. 18:10 A rope <02256> is hidden <02934> for him on the ground <0776> and a trap <04434> for him lies on <05921> the path <05410>. 18:11 Terrors <01091> frighten <01204> him on all sides <05439> and dog his every step <07272>. 18:12 Calamity is hungry <07457> for him <0202>, and misfortune <0343> is ready <03559> at his side <06763>. 18:13 It eats <0398> away parts <0905> of his skin <05785>; the most terrible <01060> death <04194> devours <0398> his limbs <0905>. 18:14 He is dragged <05423> from the security <04009> of his tent <0168>, and marched off <06805> to the king <04428> of terrors <01091>. 18:15 Fire resides in <07931> his tent <0168>; over <05921> his residence <05116> burning sulfur <01614> is scattered <02219>. 18:16 Below <08478> his roots <08328> dry <03001> up, and his branches <07105> wither <05243> above <04605>. 18:17 His memory <02143> perishes <06> from <04480> the earth <0776>, he has no <03808> name <08034> in <05921> the land <02351> <06440>. 18:18 He is driven from <01920> light <0216> into <0413> darkness <02822> and is banished <05074> from the world <08398>. 18:19 He has neither <03808> children <05209> nor <03808> descendants <05220> among his people <05971>, no <0369> survivor <08300> in those places <04033> he once stayed <04033>. 18:20 People of the west <0314> are appalled <08074> at his fate <03117>; people of the east <06931> are seized <0270> with horror <08178>, saying, 18:21 ‘Surely <0389> such <0428> is the residence <04908> of an evil man <05767>; and this <02088> is the place <04725> of one who has not <03808> known <03045> God <0410>.’”

• Job 18:1-21 -- Bildad's Second Speech

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• HUNTING

  [isbe] HUNTING - hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and Egypt, especially in early times. Some of the Egyptian and Assyrian king...
  [smith] Hunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the exterminatiOn of dangerous beasts or for procuring sustenance betokens a rude and semi-civilized state; as an amusement, it betokens an advanced state. The Hebrews as a pasto...
  

• Snare

  [nave] SNARE. Amos 3:5. Figurative Of the evils in life of the wicked, Job 18:8-10. Of the devices of the wicked to deceive the righteous, Psa. 91:3; Jer. 5:26. See: Ambush; Conspiracy; Pit; Trap.
  

• Net

  [ebd] in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net ...
  [nave] NET Of checker work, 1 Kin. 7:17. Hidden in a pit, Psa. 35:7, 8. Set for birds, Prov. 1:17; wild animals, Isa. 51:20. Fish caught in, Matt. 4:18-21; 13:47; Luke 5:4; John 21:6-11. See: Snare. Figurative Job 18:8; 19:6;...
  

• BRIMSTONE

  [ebd] an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of...
  [isbe] BRIMSTONE - brim'-ston, brim'-stun (gophrith; to theion): The word translated "brimstone" probably referred originally to the pitch of trees, like the cypress. By analogy it has been rendered "brimstone" because of the infla...
  

• GIN

  [ebd] a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence...
  [isbe] GIN - jin (moqesh, pach): A noose of hair or wire for snaring wild birds alive. There are over half a dozen traps and net devices indicated by different terms in the Bible. The gin was of horse-hair for small birds and wire ...
  

• Death

  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• Cowardice

  [nave] COWARDICE. Lev. 26:36, 37; Deut. 20:8; Deut. 32:30; Josh. 7:5; Josh. 23:10; Judg. 7:3; Job 15:24; Job 18:11; Prov. 28:1; Prov. 29:25; Isa. 51:12, 13; Gal. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:16 See: Courage. Instances of Adam, in attempting t...
  

• WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL

  [isbe] WORLD, COSMOLOGICAL - wurld, koz-mo-loj'-i-kal: 1. Terms and General Meaning 2. Hebrew Idea of the World 3. Its Extent 4. Origin of the World--Biblical and Contrasted Views 5. The Cosmogony of Genesis 1--Comparison with Baby...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• Trap

  [nave] TRAP, Josh. 23:13; Job 18:10; Jer. 5:26. See: Snare.
  

• Sulphur

  [nave] SULPHUR Fire and, rained upon Sodom, Gen. 19:24; Luke 17:29. In Palestine, Deut. 29:23. Figurative Job 18:15; Psa. 11:6; Isa. 30:33; Ezek. 38:22; Rev. 9:17, 18; 14:10; 19:20; 21:8.
  

• STONES, PRECIOUS

  [isbe] STONES, PRECIOUS - || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek Names Used by John 5. Interpretation of Hebrew Names 6. Greek and Latin Equi...
  

• Lamp

  [nave] LAMP Miraculously appeared at Abraham's sacrifice, Gen. 15:17. For the tabernacle, Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-22. Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and cared for by priests, Ex. 27:20, 21; Lev. 24:2-4. Figurative Job 18:6...
  

• Fear of God

  [nave] FEAR OF GOD. Reverence Gen. 35:5; Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:18-20; Lev. 22:32; Deut. 4:10; Deut. 5:29; Deut. 6:2; Deut. 10:12, 20, 21 Deut. 6:13; 13:4; 14:23. Deut. 28:49, 58; Josh. 4:24; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 2:30; 1 Sam. 12:14, 24...
  

• PLAGUES OF EGYPT

  [isbe] PLAGUES OF EGYPT - plagz (niphle'oth, "wonders "from pala', "to be separate," i.e. in a class by themselves; also called negheph, "plague," from naghaph, "to smite" (Ex 9:14), and negha`, "a stroke," from nagha`, "to touch" ...
  

• Tabernacle

  [ebd] (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth"). (3.) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed ...
  

• King

  [ebd] is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested with authority, whether extensive or limited. There were thirty-one kings in Canaan (Josh. 12:9, 24), whom Joshua subdued. Adonibezek subdued seventy kings (Judg. 1:...
  

• Darkness

  [ebd] The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23)....
  

Back to Commentary Page