Job 20:7

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Job 20:1-29

An Ancient Conception of Wickedness. II. Job 20:0 Zophar has drawn a dreary picture of the wicked man and the issue of all wicked action. His language has been incisive, picturesque, unmistakable as to emphasis and meaning. He thus speaks of the wicked man: "His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Job 20:4-29

(4) Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, (5) That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? (6) Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; (7) Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? (8) He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. (9) The eye also which saw him shall... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 20:7

Hill. Hebrew, "his own dung." (Haydock) (Proverbs x. 7.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:1-9

1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Job 20:6-29

Zophar Pictures the End of the Ungodly v. 6. Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, that is, his ambitious plans, his exaltation in rank and power, and his head reach unto the clouds, the ungodly apparently gaining all that his heart desires; v. 7. yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, spurned, falling into decay, and forgotten; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? He will have disappeared so utterly and quickly that his vanishing will occasion surprise. v. 8.... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Job 20:1-29

III. Zophar and Job: Ch. 20–21A.—Zophar: For a time indeed the evil-doer can be prosperous; but so much the more terrible and irremediable will be his destructionJob 20:01. Introduction—censuring Job with violence, and Theme of the discourse: Job 20:1-51 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer,and for this I make haste.3 I have heard the check of my reproach,and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Job 20:1-29

“The Triumphing of the Wicked” Job 20:1-29 Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which Job had just administered, Job 19:28-29 , has vexed him, so that he speaks with impatience. The theme of Zophar’s speech is the brevity of the prosperity of the wicked. He claims that this is an acknowledged principle, Job 20:4 ; then proceeds to show it by many striking metaphors. Hypocrite, Job 20:5 , is “godless” in the r.v.; and in describing the prosperity and speedy... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Job 20:1-29

With evident haste, Zophar replied. His speech is introduced with an apology for his haste and a confession of his anger. He had heard the reproof, but he was not convinced; and the spirit of his understanding prompted him to reply. His reply is like that of Bildad, but is characterized by even greater force and more terrible description. He opened with a general declaration on the brevity of wickedness. This he argued by tracing the course of an imaginary person who is godless. In a passage... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:1-29

Job 20. Second Speech of Zophar.— Zophar helps the return to the wider problem by appearing once more with a strong doctrine as to the shortness of the prosperity of the wicked. His theme is, Sin brings its own reward. Job 20:1-Leviticus : . Zophar replies to Job’ s exasperating words ( Job 19:1-Joshua :). In Job 20:2 b mg. is probably to be followed. In Job 20:3 b Duhm, on the basis of LXX, reads, “ and with wind void of understanding thou answerest me.” Job 20:4-Joel : . The portion of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Job 20:7

Like his own dung; which men cast away with contempt and abhorrency. Compare 1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37. They which have seen him, with admiration at his felicity. Where is he? i.e. he is no where to be found; he is utterly lost and gone. read more