Job 27:23, Eze 21:17 | JFB | e4.org | 23. clap . . . hands —for joy at his downfall ( ). hiss —deride ( ). Job alludes to Bildad's words ( ).

‏ Job 27:23

23. clap . . . hands—for joy at his downfall (La 2:15; Na 3:19).

hiss—deride (Jer 25:9). Job alludes to Bildad's words (Job 18:18).

‏ Ezekiel 21:17

17. Jehovah Himself smites His hands together, doing what He had commanded Ezekiel to do (see on Eze 21:14), in token of His smiting Jerusalem; compare the similar symbolical action (2Ki 13:18, 19).

cause . . . fury to rest—give it full vent, and so satisfy it (Eze 5:13).