John Trapp on Job 8:18

Verſe 18. If he deſtroy him from his place] If he ſtub up this green tree, no better ſurely then the Cyparit, of which Pliny writeth that it beareth fruit to no purpoſe,Plin. lib. 10. ſmall berries, bitter leaves, that it yeilds an ill ſmell, and no pleaſant ſhade: or as the box-tree, green indeed all the year about, but of an offenſive ſmell, no fruit, and ſuch a ſeed as all living creatures hate. Now if he, that is, Almighty God, deſtroy him, that is, the hypocrite, as he will do queſtionleſſe (totally and ſpeedily ſwallowing him up) what then?

Then it ſhall deny him, ſaying, I have not ſeen thee] Heb. It ſhall tell a lie of him &c. the place as aſhamed to own him, ſhall feign and ſay, We have not ſeen him, we know not what is become of him. So Pſalm 37.35, 26. As they have denyed the Lord that bought them, 2 Pet. 2.1. So they ſhall one day be denied by the places they have bought or builded, by the people that once clawed them, and cryed them up.