23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
23 It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place."
23 It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
23 Pummeled by the weather, blown to kingdom come by the storm.'
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.
23 But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.
17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.
17 I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the Lord have spoken."
17 I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken."
17 Then I'll clap my hands, a signal that my anger is spent. I, God, have spoken."
17 "I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken."
17 I, too, will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury. I, the Lord, have spoken!"
(Read Ezekiel 21:1-17)
Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked and rebellious people. It behoves those who denounce the awful wrath of God against sinners, to show that they do not desire the woful day. The example of Christ teaches us to lament over those whose ruin we declare. Whatever instruments God uses in executing his judgments, he will strengthen them according to the service they are employed in. The sword glitters to the terror of those against whom it is drawn. It is a sword to others, a rod to the people of the Lord. God is in earnest in pronouncing this sentence, and the prophet must show himself in earnest in publishing it.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 27:23
Commentary on Job 27:11-23
(Read Job 27:11-23)
Job's friends, on the same subject, spoke of the misery of wicked men before death as proportioned to their crimes; Job considered that if it were not so, still the consequences of their death would be dreadful. Job undertook to set this matter in a true light. Death to a godly man, is like a fair gale of wind to convey him to the heavenly country; but, to a wicked man, it is like a storm, that hurries him away to destruction. While he lived, he had the benefit of sparing mercy; but now the day of God's patience is over, and he will pour out upon him his wrath. When God casts down a man, there is no flying from, nor bearing up under his anger. Those who will not now flee to the arms of Divine grace, which are stretched out to receive them, will not be able to flee from the arms of Divine wrath, which will shortly be stretched out to destroy them. And what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and thus lose his own soul?