Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 36:18

18. Because there is wrath , beware le[illegible: 1+ letters]t he take thee away with his stroke : then a great ransom cannot deliver thee .

To wit, conceived by God against thee. Because by thy pleading the cause of the wicked, thou hast deserved that God should give sentence against thee, as was now said, and hast provoked God's wrath against thee, therefore look to thy self, and reconcile thy self to God by true repentance whilst thou mayest, and before sentence be executed upon thee.

This is not in the Hebrew, but is necessarily to be understood to make up the sence, and is oft understood in the like cases, and that before this Hebrew Particle Pen, as Gen. 3. 22. & 11. 4. & 42. 4. Isa. 36. 18. See the like also, Mat. 25. 9. Act. 5. 39.

Properly, with the stroke of his hand or foot. It is an allusion to men who oft express their anger by clapping their hands, or stamping with their feet.

For if once God's wrath take hold of thee, and sentence be executed upon thee before thou dost repent and humble thy self to thy judge, neither Riches, nor Friends, no nor any Person, or thing in Heaven and Earth can redeem thee, no Ransom or Price will be accepted for thee.

Marginal references: Psal. 49. [illegible: 1+ letters].; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] t[illegible: 1+ letters]ee [illegible: 1 word].