Job 21:28

“For ye say, etc.] Or “have said”, or “[I know] that ye say”; or “[that] ye are about to say” f825; it is in your hearts and minds, and just ready to come out of your lips, and what you will say next: where [is] the house of the prince? of the righteous man, as the Syriac and Arabic versions; or “of the good and liberal man”, as others f826; of such as are of a princely and ingenuous spirit, who are made willing, free, or princes, in the day of the power of the grace of God upon them; and are endowed and upheld with a free and princely spirit; where is the house, or what is the state and condition, of the families of such? are they the same with that of wicked men in the next clause? is there…”

“ye say--referring to Zophar (Job 20:7). the house--referring to the fall of the house of Job's oldest son (Job 1:19) and the destruction of his family. prince--The parallel "wicked" in the second clause requires this to be taken in a bad sense, tyrant, oppressor (Isa 13:2), the same Hebrew, "nobles"--oppressors. dwelling-places--rather, "pavilions," a tent containing many dwellings, such as a great emir, like Job, with many dependents, would have.”

“For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? - That is, you maintain that the house of the wicked man, in a high station, will be certainly over thrown. The parallelism, as well as the whole connection, requires us to understand the word “prince” here as referring to a “wicked” ruler. The word used (נדיב nâdı̂yb) properly means, one willing, voluntary, prompt; then, one who is liberal, generous, noble; then, one of noble birth, or of elevated rank; and then, as princes often had that character, it is used in a bad sense, and means a “tyrant.” See Isaiah 13:2. And where are the dwelling places of the wicked - Margin, “tent of the tabernacles.” The Hebrew is, “The tent of the dwelling…”

“21:28 houses have vanished because of their sins: Job was echoing Bildad (8:22), Eliphaz (15:34), and Zophar (20:26).”

“Where: Job 20:7; Psa 37:36, Psa 52:5, Psa 52:6; Hab 2:9-11; Zac 5:4 dwelling places: Heb. tent of the tabernacles, Num 16:26-34 Job 21:29”