24 Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
24 distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
24 They live in constant terror, always with their backs up against the wall
24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.
24 That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for battle.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 15:24
Commentary on Job 15:17-35
(Read Job 15:17-35)
Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish very miserably. Will the prosperity of presumptuous sinners end miserably as here described? Then let the mischiefs which befal others, be our warnings. Though no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby. No calamity, no trouble, however heavy, however severe, can rob a follower of the Lord of his favour. What shall separate him from the love of Christ?