Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 5:24

24. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace , and thou shalt visit thy habitation , and shalt not sin .

By certain and constant experience,

i. e. Thy habitation, as it follows, including also the Inhabitants, Children, or Friends and Servants.

Shall enjoy great safety from all their Enemies, and concord among themselves, and prosperity in all their concerns: all which are comprehended under the sweet name of Peace.

i. e. Manage and order thy Family and all thy domestick affairs and worldly concerns with care and diligence. Visiting is oft used for regarding or taking care of, as Gen. 21. 1. Ruth 1. 6. Psal. 8. 4. & 80. 14.

Either by unrighteousness in thy dealings with thy Family or others; or by neglecting God and his service in thy Family; or by winking at any sin in thy domesticks which thou canst hinder. But because he speaks not here of Iob's duty, but of his priviledge, and that in outward and worldly things, it seems better rendred by others, and thou shalt not erre, or miscarry, or miss thy way or mark, as this very word is used below, Ch. 24. 19. & 14. 16. & Iudg. 20. 16. Thou shalt not be disappointed of thy hopes, or blasted in thy endeavours, but shalt succeed in them. Or, and thou shalt not wander, or be a wanderer, having no house in which to put his head, which Iob might have some ground to fear: but thou shalt have an habitation of thy own, which thou shalt visit, and manage as thou didst before.

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