John Trapp on Job 20:26

Verſe 26. All darkneſſe ſhall be bid in his ſecret place] That is, ſaith Diodate, whereſoever he ſhall think to find a place of ſafeguard, there ſhall he meet with ſome horrible miſchance. Men that are proſcribed, and ſought for to death, uſually hide themſelves, as divers Jewes did in Privies at the laſt deſtruction of Jeruſalem, and were thence drawn out to the ſlaughter. The Duke of Buckingham in Richard 3 his time was betrayed by his ſervant Banniſter. Appianus telleth of a Roman hid by his wife,De Bell. Civ. Rom. and then diſcovered by his wise to the Murtherer, to whom ſhe ſoon after alſo was married. Others render and ſenſe the words thus, The wicked ſhall come into darkneſſe, propter abſcondita. for his ſecret ſins. And others thus,R. Sel. All darkneſſe is laid up for his hid treaſures: that is, God, or men have taken order that hee ſhall loſe his riches as well as his life, though he hide them never ſo ſecretly.

A fire not blowne ſhal conſume him] i. e. ſay ſome, calamities whoſe cauſes ſhall be unknowne, and ſhall proceed immediately from God. See Iſai. 30.33. Many of the Greeks interpret this Text of Hell, with its unquenchable fire, Matth. 3.12. which being created by God, and kindled by its breath, that is, by his Word, it burneth everlaſtingly. Albeit God many times puniſheth wicked men here with fire from heaven, as he did Sodom. Nadab and Abihu, thoſe Captiances of fifties with their companies, 2 King. 1. Tremellius rendreth it thus, A fire conſumeth him, non accenſum flatu, I ſay Him. not kindled by blowing, but burning of his own accord, Ʋt ſtipule aut ſtupae. Ut cremium aut arefactum liguum. as ſtubble fully dryed, or hurds, or ſear wood. See Nab 1.10. with the Note.

It ſhall go ill with him that is left.] His poſterity ſhall never proſper, but be rooted out. Eliphaz and Bildad had ſaid the ſame thing: and all to pay poor Job, whoſe family was now ruined. It ſhall ſurely go ill with him, or, He ſhall be wringed, ſaith Broughton; alluding belike to the ſound as well as the ſenſe of the Hebrew word.