All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
All Commentaries on Job 20:26 Go To Job 20
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Darkness, or misery. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "Terrors upon him, (26) and all darkness may await him. "(Haydock)
He shall find no means of escaping. (Calmet)
Kindled. Hebrew, "blown. "St. Gregory observes that hell-fire is corporeal, but very different from our material fire. Chaldean, explain this passage in the same sense. It may also intimate interior anguish, (Calmet) lightning, (Vatable) pestilence, (Grotius) and every species of calamity. (Calmet)
Tabernacle, in hell. (Menochius)
We may also translate, "he who is left "(Haydock) the offspring shall be also miserable. (Menochius)
