John Trapp on Job 21:28

Verſe 28. For ye ſay, Where is the houſe of the Prince?] Ye ſay, though not in ſo many words, yet upon the matter, Where is this mans (Jobs) princely pomp and port, that but even now was ſo ſplendidous? A Prince they called Job in a jear,Per ironi[illegible: 1 letter]m & antiphrafin. Va[illegible: 1 letter]ab. and by contraries (ſaith Vatablus,) becauſe he had been rich, and ſhould have been liberal, and munificent, but had not been ſo. The Apoſtle calleth the Phariſees and Philoſophers in like ſort, Princes of this world, 1 Cor. 2.8.

And where are the dwelling places.] The Palaces, large and lofty,Junius. ut ſunt pratoria et principum aedes, as the houſes of Princes uſe to be. Lavater rendreth it,Taber[illegible: 2 letters]cillum babitacul[illegible: 1 letter]t [illegible: 1 word] The Tabernacle of Tabernacles, as Gentlemens houſes amongſt us are called, Places, Halls, Courts. &c.

Of the Wicked?] viz. Of Job and his Children; the eldeſt ſons eſpecially, which was blown down, chap. 1.18. As if it might not befal a good man alſo to have his houſe plundered, burnt, his children brained, &c. They had often in their diſcourſes jerked at Jobs children.