The Pulpit Commentary on Job 18:21

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked. "Such as I have described is the general condition and manner of life of the man who is wicked." and this is the place (or, position) of him that knoweth not God. The singular number used both in this clause and the preceding indicates that the whole series of denunciations (Job 18:5-21) is levelled against an individual—viz. Job.

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