Job 38:17, Psa 139:8, Pro 5:11 | JFB | STEP | 17. seen —The second clause heightens the thought in the first. Man during life does not even "see" the gates of the realm of the dead ("death," ); much less are they "opened" to him. But those are "naked before God" ( ).

Job 38:17

17. seen—The second clause heightens the thought in the first. Man during life does not even "see" the gates of the realm of the dead ("death," Job 10:21); much less are they "opened" to him. But those are "naked before God" (Job 26:6).

Psalms 139:8

Proverbs 5:11

11. at the last—the end, or reward (compare Pr 5:4).

mourn—roar in pain.

flesh and . . . body—the whole person under incurable disease.