Job 18 KJV Commentary

The reward of the wickedness of the wicked

In chapter 18, Bildad, one of Job’s friends, discussed the evils that await the wicked.

Commentary

He shall be entrap by a net – vs.8, For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
He will live a life of drunkenness – vs.9, The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
Robbers will steal his income -vs.9
The wicked shall live in fear -vs.11, Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Destruction shall come upon him suddenly -vs.12, His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
His blessings shall be cut off – vs.16, His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
His memory shall perish – vs.17, His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
His dwelling shall become desolate – vs.21, Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.