Job 20:19-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 20:20

Job 20:20. Surely he shall not feel quietness, &c. He shall have no peace nor satisfaction in his mind, in all his gains, partly because of his perpetual fears and expectations of the wrath of God and man, which his guilty conscience assures him he deserves, and partly because they shall be speedily taken away from him. He shall not save of that which he desired That is, any part of his good and desirable things, but he shall forfeit and lose them all. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 20:21-22

Job 20:21-22. There shall none of his meat be left, &c. For his future use; but he shall be stripped of all, which being publicly known, none of his kindred or friends shall trouble themselves to seek for any relics of his estate. But the Hebrew, אין שׁריד לאכלו , een shorid leachlo, rather means, There shall none be left for his meat, that is, he shall leave no heir who shall possess or enjoy his goods. In the fulness of his sufficiency, &c. In the height of his prosperity he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 20:1-29

Zophar speaks (20:1-29)On hearing Job’s bold forecast of punishment on his accusers (see 19:28-29), Zophar can hardly control his temper. Not only does he feel insulted, but he is burning with inward rage (20:1-3). His hasty reply is intended to hurt Job by reminding him that the wicked person’s happiness and success are shortlived (4-7). The wealth he unjustly gained will not save him, and his early death will be a fitting punishment (8-11).The wicked feed on sin, keeping it in their mouths as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 20:20

feel = know, or experience. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 20:20

ZOPHAR'S PROPHECY OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION FOR JOB"Because he knew no quietness within him,He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.There was nothing left that he devoured not;Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:The hand of everyone that is in misery shall come upon him.When he is about to fill his belly,God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him,And will rain it upon him while he is eating.He shall flee from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 20:19

19. oppressed—whereas he ought to have espoused their cause ( :-). forsaken—left helpless. house—thus leaving the poor without shelter (Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:2). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 20:20

20. UMBREIT translates, "His inward parts know no rest" from desires. his belly—that is, peace inwardly. not save—literally, "not escape with that which," &c., alluding to Job's having been stripped of his all. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 20:21

21. look for—rather, "because his goods," that is, prosperity shall have no endurance. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 20:12-19

The certain punishment of sin 20:12-19Job 20:16 pictures the wicked eating his delicacies but finding that they have turned to poison in his stomach and are killing him (Job 20:14)."Sin tastes good in the mouth but creates terrible cramps and nausea in the stomach (Job 20:12-14)." [Note: Merrill, p. 387.] Ancient Near Easterners considered honey (often date syrup) and curds (the part of milk from which cheese comes) delicacies (cf. Judges 5:25). read more

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