Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 20:3
Job 20:3. I have heard the check of my reproach— I hear the ignominious reproof which is aimed at me; and the spirit within me causeth me to answer. Heath. read more
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Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 20:3
3. check of my reproach—that is, the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, "shame") to me. spirit of . . . understanding—my rational spirit; answering to "calm thoughts" (Job 20:2). In spite of thy reproach urging me to "hastiness." I will answer in calm reason. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 20:1-3
Zophar’s anger 20:1-3"Therefore" (Job 20:2) must refer to what Job had said. Job had previously asked why his friends answered him (Job 16:3). Zophar replied that the spirit of his understanding made him answer (Job 20:3 b)."This phrase means both that Zophar’s spirit is compelling him to respond to Job (c. Job 32:18) and that his words come from reasoned insight (cf. Fohrer)." [Note: Ibid., p. 300.] Again he seems to be claiming innate, instinctive knowledge (cf. ch. 11). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 20:1-29
5. Zophar’s second speech ch. 20This speech must have hurt Job more than any that his friends had presented so far. Zophar was brutal in his attack. He continued the theme of the fate of the wicked that Eliphaz and Bildad had emphasized. However, whereas Eliphaz stressed the distress of the wicked and Bildad their trapped position, Zophar elaborated on the fact that wicked people lose their wealth. He had nothing new to say, but he said it passionately."Zophar is deeply disturbed by Job’s... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:1-29
Zophar’s Second SpeechZophar ignores Job’s conviction that God will one day establish his innocence, and proceeds to describe the short triumph of the wicked and his certain downfall and punishment at God’s hand. Perhaps he wishes Job to apply the description to himself and take warning therefrom; though quite apart from that the speech is relevant to his argument that the moral order of the world is not, as Job maintains, unrighteous.3. The check of my reproach] RV ’the reproof which putteth... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 20:3
(3) I have heard the check of my reproach.—Rather, I have heard, or, I hear the reproof of my shame: that is, a reproof that puts me to shame, or is intended to do so.The spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.—Or, more literally, Out of my understanding my spirit answereth me, or causeth me to answer. He professes to be moved by an impulse within, which he cannot but obey. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 20:1-29
Job 20:12-13 Zophar, the Naamathite, mentioneth a sort of men in whose mouths wickedness is sweet. 'They hide it under their tongues, they spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still in their mouths.' This furnisheth me with a tripartite division of men in the world. The first and best are those who spit sin out, loathing it in their judgments, and leaving it in their practice. The second sort, notoriously wicked, who swallow sin down, actually and openly committing it. The third,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 20:1-29
XVII.IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFEJob 20:1-29ZOPHAR SPEAKSTHE great saying that quickens our faith and carries thought into a higher world conveyed no Divine meaning to the man from Naamah. The author must have intended to pour scorn on the hide bound intelligence and rude bigotry of Zophar, to show him dwarfed by self-content and zeal not according to knowledge. When Job affirmed his sublime confidence in a Divine Vindicator, Zophar caught only at the idea of an avenger. What is this notion of a... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 20:1-29
CHAPTER 20 The Second Address of Zophar 1. Zophar’s swift reply (Job 20:1-3 ) 2. Another description of the life and fate of the wicked (Job 20:4-29 ) Job 20:1-3 . Zophar, the twitterer, begins his reply to Job with impatient haste. Job’s words, probably those found in chapter 19:2-3, and the last two verses, have made him angry. He boils over with indignation. He is ready now to confirm the testimony already given and wound the suffering servant of God still more. Job 20:4-29 . He follows... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 20:3
check = correction. of = for: i.e. meant to confound me, referring to ch App-19 . spirit of = spirit from. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 . read more