Job 18:21

“Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, etc.] As before described; as that the light should be dark in them; a wicked man’s confidence should be rooted out of them; everything shocking and dreadful should dwell in them; brimstone should be scattered on them, they should be utterly consumed, and none remaining in them, (<181806>Job 18:6,14,15,19). The Targum represents these as the words of the persons astonished and frightened, who at the sight of such a dismal spectacle should utter them, prefacing them thus, “and they shall say, but these are the dwellings, etc.” and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God; the place that he shall be driven to when chased out of the world,…”

“(Job 8:22, Margin). Next: Job Chapter 19”

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked - The conclusion or sum of the whole matter. The meaning is, that the habitations of all that knew not God would be desolate - a declaration which Job could not but regard as aimed at himself; compare Job 20:29. This is the close of this harsh and severe speech. It is no wonder that Job should feel it keenly, and that he “did” feel it is apparent from the following chapter. A string of proverbs has been presented, having the appearance of proof, and as the result of the long observation of the course of events, evidently bearing on his circumstances, and so much in point that he could not well deny their pertinency to his condition. He was stung to…”

“The place - The condition. Next: Job Chapter 19”

“18:21 Bildad kept implying that Job had rejected God (15:4, 13, 25).”

“such are: Job 18:14-16 knoweth: Job 21:14; Exo 5:2; Jdg 2:10; Sa1 2:12; Ch1 28:9; Psa 79:6; Jer 9:3, Jer 10:25; Rom 1:28; Th1 4:5; Th2 1:8; Tit 1:16 Next: Job Chapter 19”