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John Trapp on Job 15:34

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Job15:34

Verſe 34. For the congregation of hypocrites ſhalt be deſolate] Heb. Of the hypocrite; where he ſeemeth to point at Job. as by the unripe grapes, and blaſted flowers of the Olive, he had underſtood Jobs children and poſſeſſions, verſ. 33. Now the whole congregation or train and retinue of the hypocrite, God will nuneſt and ruinate, ſaith Eliphaz: they ſhall all be as one deſolated, ſo the Original hath it.

And fire ſhall conſume the Tabernacles of bribery] Heb. The Tabernacles of a bribe. Under theſe two heads, ſaith one, we may reduce all ſorts of ſinners; ſinners againſt God under the notion of Hypocrites; and ſinners againſt men under the notion of Bribe-takers; [non-Latin text not transcribed], ſay the Septuagint; that is, Receivers of Gifts;Muncra ſunt honor aria vel corruptoria Lavat. in loc. and the Hebrew word ſignifieth, a Gift in general: it is taken alſo for a bribe, becauſe very many gifts are bribes. Now houſes built by bribes or very many gifts, ſhall be conſumed and come to nothing; Jer. 22.13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Hab. 2.9, 10, 11, 12. See the Note there. This Eliphaz caſteth in Jobs teeth, but herein he dealt with him as injuriouſly as Bonner did with Philpot the Martyr, when he ſaid to him,Act. & Non: ſol. 16 50. Alſo I lay to thy charge, that thou killedſt thy father, and waſt accurſed of thy mother on her death-bed, &c.

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