Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Job 27:15 stands in chapters 4 to 31, the poetic debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions and about the cause and purpose of human suffering. That debate is made up of three circles of speeches on the part of each, and it is the second of four parts of the book, together with the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud, and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17. The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest of all poetical books that have come down, conjectured to have been written by Moses in the land of Midian, though this is not known.
The specific statement of the verse is left unexplained. It must be read with caution, because not every statement spoken in the book is true. The claims made by Job's friends were often generally true, yet they were misapplied to Job.
Job 27:15 stands in chapters 4 to 31, the poetic debate between Job and his three friends about his afflictions and about the cause and purpose of human suffering. That debate is made up of three circles of speeches on the part of each, and it is the second of four parts of the book, together with the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37, the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud, and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17. The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest of all poetical books that have come down, conjectured to have been written by Moses in the land of Midian, though this is not known.
The specific statement of the verse is left unexplained. It must be read with caution, because not every statement spoken in the book is true. The claims made by Job's friends were often generally true, yet they were misapplied to Job.