Men clap their hands at him and hiss at him out of his place, depicting the wicked's ultimate humiliation in the response of the human community, who respond to his destruction with mockery and contempt. The clapping hands traditionally signify triumph and celebration, suggesting that the community celebrates the wicked's downfall. The hissing embodies contempt and rejection, the sound of complete social repudiation. The phrase out of his place suggests that the community's response to the wicked's destruction includes driving him from whatever space he occupied, finalizing his displacement and rejection. Job's depiction establishes that the wicked's end involves not only divine judgment but also human recognition that justice has been done.

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