Job 20:4-7

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 20:1-29

SECOND SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 15-17) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 15) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 16-17) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 18-19) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 18) b. Reply of Job (chap. 19) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 20-21) a. Speech of Zophar (chap. 20) b. Reply of Job (chap. 21) The second series of the debate is in the same order as the first, and with the same question in view. ELIPHAZ AND JOB Eliphaz opens in chapter 15. Job is accused of vehemence and vanity; of... read more

Joseph Parker

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 20:4

I know. Hebrew and Septuagint, "dost thou not know?" read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Job 20:6

Pride. Septuagint, "presents." (Haydock) --- Riches may be meant by pride. (Calmet) 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 20:1-5

Zophar States Why he must Speak v. 1. Then answered Zophar, the Naamathite, speaking for the second time, Cf 11, and said, v. 2. Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, because the statements of Job filled him with excitement, for that very reason he felt that his reply should be tempered by calm consideration, and for this I make haste, he was storming inwardly, he was deeply perturbed, his inward impulse gave him no rest, he felt constrained to furnish an answer because of the... 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

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