1)
What is the meaning of "Kumetu v'Lo Es"?
1.
Rashi: They were cut off not in their time [Malbim - in the water of the flood].
2)
What is "Nahar Yutzak Yesodam"?
1.
Rashi: The river of the flood, or sulfur and fire of Sedom, was poured at their foundation.
2.
Ibn Ezra (42:17): Iyov's friends inferred that since his children died suddenly, his property was plundered and burned, and his body was stricken with boils, his sins must be like of Dor ha'Mabul.
3.
Malbim: Did not the time mandate that the water flood at the time, based on the nature of the land, water and the Ma'arachah? It was not Hashgachah due to man's deeds!
