| Geneva Study Bible For ye say, Where is the {p} house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (p) Thus they called Job's house in derision concluding that it was destroyed because he was wicked. King James Translators' Notes the dwelling...: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 28. 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. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 21:27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14,15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid funeral: a poor thing for any man to be proud of the prospect of. He shall have a stately monument. And a valley with springs of water to keep the turf green, was accounted an honourable burial place among eastern people; but such things are vain distinctions. Death closes his prosperity. It is but a poor encouragement to die, that others have died before us. That which makes a man die with true courage, is, with faith to remember that Jesus Christ died and was laid in the grave, not only before us, but for us. That He hath gone before us, and died for us, who is alive and liveth for us, is true consolation in the hour of death. | 
