Job 21:11-15 | JFB | STEP | 11. send forth-- namely, out of doors, to their happy sports under the skies, like a joyful flock sent to the pastures. little ones-- like lambkins. children-- somewhat older than the former. dance-- not formal dances; but skip, like lambs, in joyous and healthful play.

‏ Job 21:11-15

11. send forth--namely, out of doors, to their happy sports under the skies, like a joyful flock sent to the pastures.

little ones--like lambkins.

children--somewhat older than the former.

dance--not formal dances; but skip, like lambs, in joyous and healthful play.

12. take--rather, "lift up the voice" (sing) to the note of [Umbreit].

timbrel--rather, "tambourine."

organ--not the modern "organ," but the "pipe" (Ge 4:21). The first clause refers to stringed, the latter, to wind instruments; thus, with "the voice" all kinds of music are enumerated.

13. wealth--Old English Version for "prosperity."

in a moment--not by a lingering disease. Great blessings! Lengthened life with prosperity, and a sudden painless death (Psa 73:4).

14. Therefore--rather, "And yet they are such as say," &c., that is, say, not in so many words, but virtually, by their conduct (so the Gergesenes, Mt 8:34). How differently the godly (Is 2:3).

ways--The course of action, which God points out; as in Psa 50:23, Margin.

15. (Compare Jr 2:20; Pr 30:9, Margin, Ex 5:2).

what profit--(Job 35:3; Mal 3:14; Psa 73:13). Sinners ask, not what is right, but what is for the profit of self. They forget, "If religion cost self something, the want of it will cost self infinitely more."