| Geneva Study Bible He {x} evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. (x) He shows why the wicked will not be lamented, because he did not pity others. Wesley's Notes 24:21 He - He here returns to the declaration of his farther wickednesses, the cause of these judgments. Barren - Barrenness was esteemed a curse and reproach; and so he added affliction to the afflicted. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 21. The reason given by the friends why the sinner deserves such a fate. barren-without sons, who might have protected her. widow-without a husband to support her. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 24:18-25 Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wise providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong. The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth, unless looked at in this view, perplex the mind. But when we behold him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin, that Divine justice might be satisfied, and his people saved. | 
