Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 27:19

19. The rich man shall lie down , but he shall not be gathered : he openeth his Eyes , and he is not .

Either 1. to sleep; as this word is used, Gen. 19. 35. Deut. 6. 7, &c. Or 2. in death, of which it is used 2 Sam. 7. 12.

To wit, in burial, of which this word is used 2 Kings 22. 20. Ier. 8. 2. & 25. 33. Instead of that honourable Interment and Burial with his Fathers, which he expected, he shall be buried with the burial▪ of an Ass, his Carkass shall lie like dung upon the Earth.

So the sense is either 1. he awaketh in the morning, promising to himself an happy day. Or 2. he looks about him for help and relief in his extremity. But the words are and may be rendred thus: One openeth his Eyes, i. e. whilest a man can open his Eyes, in a moment, or in the twinkling of an Eye.

He is as if he had never been, dead and gone, and his Family and name extinct with him.

Marginal references: 2 King. 2[illegible: 1+ letters]. 20.