Job 20:20-28 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 20:10-22

The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other words. Let us therefore reduce the particulars to their proper heads, and observe, I. What his wickedness is for which he is punished. 1. The lusts of the flesh, here called the sins of his youth (Job 20:11); for those are the sins which, at that age, people are most tempted to. The forbidden... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 20:23-29

Zophar, having described the many embarrassments and vexations which commonly attend the wicked practices of oppressors and cruel men, here comes to show their utter ruin at last. I. Their ruin will take its rise from God's wrath and vengeance, Job 20:23. The hand of the wicked was upon him (Job 20:22), every hand of the wicked. His hand was against every one, and therefore every man's hand will be against him. Yet, in grappling with these, he might go near to make his part good; but his heart... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:20

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly ,.... Or happiness in his children, so some in Bar Tzemach; rather shall have no satisfaction in his substance; though his belly is filled with hid treasure, it shall give him no contentment; he shall be a stranger to that divine art, but ever have a restless craving after more, which is his sin; but rather punishment is here meant, and the sense is, that he shall have no quiet in his conscience, no peace of mind, because of his sin in getting... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:21

There shall none of his meat be left ,.... Not in his belly, all shall be cast up; none of his substance left for himself or others; none of his riches for his children or heirs, all being consumed: or this may respect either the profuseness or niggardliness of his living, that he should live in great luxury himself, but take no care of the poor; or else keep so mean a table, that there would be nothing left for the poor, not so much as a few crumbs to fall from it; but the first sense seems... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:22

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits ,.... For though he may not only have a sufficient competency to live upon, but even a fulness of temporal blessings, have as much as heart can wish, or more, even good things, and plenty of them laid up for many years; yet amidst it all shall be reduced to the utmost straits and difficulties, either through fear of losing what he has, insomuch that his abundance will not suffer him to sleep in the night, nor to enjoy an hour's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:23

When he is about to fill his belly ,.... Either in a literal sense, when he is about to take an ordinary meal to satisfy nature; or in a figurative sense, when he is seeking to increase his worldly riches, and his barns and coffers, and endeavouring to get satisfaction therein: God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him ; or "send it out on him" F3 ישלח בו "mittet in eum", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt; so Mercerus, Piscator. ; out of the treasures of it, which are laid up... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:24

He shall flee from the iron weapon ,.... The sword, for fear of being thrust through with it; the flaming sword of justice God sometimes threatens to take, and whet, and make use of against ungodly men; the sword of God, as Bar Tzemach observes, is hereby figuratively expressed; fleeing from it, or an attempt to flee from it, shows guilt in the conscience, danger, and a sense of it, and a fear of falling into it, and yet there is no escaping the hand of God, or fleeing from his presence: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:25

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body ,.... That is, the arrow with which a wicked man is stricken through; either it is drawn, and comes out of the quiver, as Broughton; or rather is drawn out of the body of a wicked man, being shot into it, and that in order that he may be cured of his wound if possible, but to no purpose, since it follows: yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall ; being thrust into it, which being pierced and poured out, is certain and immediate death, see ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:26

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places ,.... In such places of secrecy, where he may promise himself safety, he shall find more calamities of all sorts; or every kind of judgments shall find him out, and come upon him, sometimes signified by darkness, see Isaiah 8:22 ; or utter darkness, the blackness of darkness; everlasting wrath, ruin, and destruction, are laid up and reserved in God's secret places for him, and lie hid among his treasures of vengeance, which he in due time... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:27

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity ,.... Either God the Maker and Possessor of heaven, who dwells there, and is sometimes so called, Daniel 4:25 ; who sees and knows all things, even those that are most secret, as well as more openly committed, and will make all manifest, sooner or later; or else the angels of heaven, the inhabitants of it, so the Targum; who in the last day will be employed in gathering out of Christ's kingdom all that offend, and do iniquity, Matthew 13:41 ; or the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 20:10-22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 20:23-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:27

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