Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 15:31

31. Let not him that is deceived, trust in vanity : for vanity shall be his recompence .

i. e. In the vain and deceitful things of this World, such as Power, Riches, Honour, &c. of which and of the loss of them he had been largely discoursing; and now he subjoyns a general Caution to all men to take heed of running into the same errour and mischief with the fore-mentioned persons: And withal he secretly intimates Iob's great sin which was the cause of his ruine; to wit, his carnal confidence in those vain things, the Wealth, and Glory, and Children which God had given him: from which Crime he therefore vindicates himself hereafter.

i. e. Disappointment and dis[illegible: 1+ letters]atisfaction, and the vanishing or loss of all their imaginary felicity. The same word vanity, being elegantly repeated in another sense, as is usual in Scripture and all Authors.

Heb. his exchange; he shall exchange one vanity for another, a pleasing vanity for a vexa[illegible: 1+ letters]ious vanity. But this Verse is and may be rendred otherwise; the Hebrew Par[illegible: 1+ letters]icle al. being here, as it is elsewhere, taken for a simple Negation. Thus, He that is deceived with vanity (i. e with the vain things of this World, wherewith most men are deceived and bewitched) will not believe that vanity (i. e. emptiness and disappointment, and misery) shall be his recompence. And so this is an aggravation of his Calamity, that it surprized him when he was confident and secure from all [illegible: 1+ letters]ars of such an event.