Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 15:32

32. It shall be accomplished before his time , and his branch shall not be green .

To wit, that which was last mentioned, that vanity should be his recompence. Or, it; i. e. his Branch mentioned in the next Clause of the Verse, from which it is understood in this former Clause, as is very usual in the holy Scripture, shall be consumed or cut off.

i. e. When by the course of Nature, and common Providence, it might have continued and flourished much longer.

Either 1. his Glory and Prosperity. Or rather 2. his Children; by comparing v. 34. where the desolation is said to fall upon all the Congregation and Tabernacles of these men: And so he reflects upon Iob who lost his Children.

i. e. Shall not continue to flourish, as it had done.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word].; Ch. 22. 16. Psal. 55. 23.