Job 20:1-29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:28

The increase of his house shall depart ,.... Either his children or his substance. Some interpret it, as Kimchi F8 Sepher Shorash. rad. יבל . observes, of the walls of his house, because of what follows, "they shall flow away", &c.; as if he should say, the stones of his house shall fall down, and his habitation shall be destroyed, according to Micah 1:6 ; where a dilapidation is expressed by a flow, or pouring down of stones: and his goods shall flow away in the day of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 20:29

This is the portion of a wicked man from God ,.... All before related, and which is very different from the portion of a good man, which is God himself, both here and hereafter; the wicked man has indeed his portion from God, which he has assigned him, but his portion is not himself; nor is it with him, nor with his people, but it is at most and best in this life, and but a worldly one, and hereafter will be with devils and damned spirits; and a dreadful portion it is to be banished from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:2

Therefore do my thoughts - It has already been observed that Zophar was the most inveterate of all Job's enemies, for we really must cease to call them friends. He sets no bounds to his invective, and outrages every rule of charity. A man of such a bitter spirit must have been, in general, very unhappy. With him Job is, by insinuation, every thing that is base, vile, and hypocritical. Mr. Good translates this verse thus: "Whither would my tumult transport me? And how far my agitation within... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:3

I have heard the check of my reproach - Some suppose that Zophar quotes the words of Job, and that some words should be supplied to indicate this meaning; e.g., "I have heard (sayest thou) the check or charge of my reproach?" Or it may refer to what Job says of Zophar and his companions, Job 19:2 , Job 19:3 ; : How long will ye vex may soul - these ten times have ye reproached me. Zophar therefore assumes his old ground, and retracts nothing of what he had said. Like many of his own... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:4

Knowest thou not this of old - This is a maxim as ancient as the world; it began with the first man: A wicked man shall triumph but a short time; God will destroy the proud doer. Since man was placed upon earth - Literally, since Adam was placed on the earth; that is, since the fall, wickedness and hypocrisy have existed; but they have never triumphed long. Thou hast lately been expressing confidence in reference to a general judgment; but such is thy character, that thou hast little... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:6

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens - Probably referring to the original state of Adam, of whose fall he appears to have spoken, Job 20:4 . He was created in the image of God; but by his sin against his Maker he fell into wretchedness, misery, death, and destruction. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:7

He shall perish for ever - He is dust, and shall return to the dust from which he was taken. Zophar here hints his disbelief in that doctrine, the resurrection of the body, which Job had so solemnly asserted in the preceding chapter. Or he might have been like some in the present day, who believe that the wicked shall be annihilated, and the bodies of the righteous only be raised from the dead; but I know of no scripture by which such a doctrine is confirmed. Like his own dung - His... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:8

He shall fly away as a dream - Instead of rising again from corruption, as thou hast asserted, ( Job 19:26 ;), with a new body, his flesh shall rot in the earth, and his spirit be dissipated like a vapor; and, like a vision of the night, nothing shall remain but the bare impression that such a creature had once existed, but shall appear no more for ever. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:10

His children shall seek to please the poor - They shall be reduced to the lowest degree of poverty and want, so as to be obliged to become servants to the poor. Cursed be Ham, a servant of servants shall he be. There are cases where the poor actually serve the poor; and this is the lowest or most abject state of poverty. His hands shall restore their goods - He shall be obliged to restore the goods that he has taken by violence. Mr. Good translates: His branches shall be involved in his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth - Our translators have followed the Vulgate, Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiae ejus; "his bones shall be filled with the sins of his youth." The Syriac and Arabic have, his bones are full of marrow; and the Targum is to the same sense. At first view it might appear that Zophar refers to those infirmities in old age, which are the consequences of youthful vices and irregularities. עלומו alumau , which we translate his youth, may be... read more

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