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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Job 20:1-29

Chapter 20So Zophar, the third of the speakers, gives his second discourse. And again, he was the guy that was dealing with traditions earlier, and with wisdom and all, so he said to Job,Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste ( Job 20:2 ).In others words, "I want to be quick to answer you on this."I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. Don't you know this of old, since man was placed on the earth, That the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Job 20:1-29

Job 20:2 . I make haste to answer, for thou reproachest both God and us. Zophar had felt the point of Job’s sword, in the preseding discourse; but the present chapter may well be considered as a most interesting specimen of patriarchal eloquence. It is admired among the Hebrews, many of the phrases being cited in the book of Psalms. The greater part is allegory, or a continuation of figures, illustrative of crime and punishment, of destruction to the wicked, and the most abject poverty to... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Job 20:9

Job 20:9 The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. Ver. 9. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more ] He shall be utterly out of sight, out of mind; unkent, unkist, as the northern proverb hath it. See Job 7:8 ; Job 7:10 , where Job speaketh as much of himself, and Zophar here twits him with it, as if Sorex suo periisset indicio, Job were a hypocrite by his own confession; so ingenious is evil will. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Job 20:9

The eye: Job 20:7, Job 7:8, Job 7:10, Job 8:18, Job 27:3, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 37:36, Psalms 103:15, Psalms 103:16 Reciprocal: Revelation 12:8 - their read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:9

9. The eye Literally, An eye has looked upon him; it does it not again. The elevation of the wicked made him the object of a brief but earnest gaze. The same Hebrew verb reappears in Job 28:7 and in Song of Solomon 1:6 “the sun hath scanned me.” This verse furnishes a striking paraphrase of Job 20:5 “for a moment” the pith of the aphorism. His place See note on Job 7:10. read more

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