Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 19:29

29. Be ye afraid of the sword , for wrath bringeth the punishment of the sword , that ye may know that there is a judgment .

i. e. Of some considerable judgment to be inflicted on you which is called the sword; as Deut. 32. 41. and oft elsewhere. Do not please your selves with such pretences and crafty evasions, as if the blame were wholly in me, not in you: God will not be mocked by you; He sees and will punish your most unrighteous and uncharitable judgment of me and dealing with me

For that wrath or fury which is in your hearts and breaks out of your lips against me, doth deserve and will certainly bring upon you [illegible: 1 word] punishment (Heb. punishments or iniquities: but iniquity is oft put for punishment) of the sword▪ i. e. a dreadful judgment from God. Or, without any supplement except that which is generally understood, for wrath (that sin of wrath or rage against a man, especially against one in affliction) is an iniquity (Heb. iniquities, the Plural number being used by way of aggravation; as Psalm 73. 22. and elsewhere: Or, of the iniquities; the Hebrew prefix Me[illegible: 1+ letters] being here understood, as it is in many other places) of the sword; i. e. one of those iniquities which use to be, or are fit to be punished by the sword; i. e. by some eminent judgment: as Iob 31. 19. An iniquity of the judges is an iniquity to be punished by the judges, as our Translation hath it.

The sense is either 1. This admonition I now give you, that you may know it in time, and for your good, that you may seriously consider and prevent it. Or 2. This judgment will come upon you that you may be taught by your own sad and costly Experience what you would not learn without it.

i. e. That there will be a time of judgment when God will call men to an account for all their hard speeches and miscarriages, and particularly for their rash and uncharitable censures of their brethren, Matth. 7. 1. Rom. 14. 4. Iam. 4. 11. either in this life, or at that last and dreadful Day of the general Resurr[illegible: 1+ letters]tion (of which he s[illegible: 1+ letters]ke v. 25, &c.) and judgment. God sees and observes, and will judge all your words and actions, and therefore do not flatter your selves with vain hopes of Impunity.