The Pulpit Commentary on Job 27:23

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

Men shall clap their hands at him. Applauding, i.e. the just judgment of God upon him. And shall hiss him out of his place. Accompany with hisses his final ruin and downfall—hissing him, while they applaud the action of God in respect to him.

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