7 "Remember now , who ever perished being innocent ? Or where were the upright destroyed ? 8 "According to what I have seen , those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. 9 "By the breath of God they perish , And by the blast of His anger they come to an end . 10 "The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion , And the teeth of the young lions are broken . 11 "The lion perishes for lack of prey , And the whelps of the lioness are scattered .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 4:7-11
Commentary on Job 4:7-11
(Read Job 4:7-11)
Eliphaz argues, 1. That good men were never thus ruined. But there is one event both to the righteous and to the wicked, Ecclesiastes 9:2, both in life and death; the great and certain difference is after death. Our worst mistakes are occasioned by drawing wrong views from undeniable truths. 2. That wicked men were often thus ruined: for the proof of this, Eliphaz vouches his own observation. We may see the same every day.