Bible Commentary

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 10. His children shall seek to please ] Or, seek the favour of. The margin is possible, The poor shall oppress his children, but less suitable. restore their goods ] Rather, his goods. He shall give back his wealth which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:10”

The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 9. See ch. Job 7:8-10; Job 8:18; Psa 103:16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The eye also which saw him – This is almost exactly the language which Job uses respecting himself. See … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:9”

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 8. as a dream ] Comp. Psa 73:20, “As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest thou shalt despise their image”; Isa 29:8, of the enemies of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:8”

[Yet] he shall perish forever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he? 7. like his own dung ] Zophar is not the most refined of the three, cf. 2Ki 9:37. On the last words of the verse cf. ch. Job 14:10. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:7”

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 6. his excellency ] Or, his height, or rising up (Psa 89:9); cf. Isa 14:13-15, Obad. Job 20:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Though his excellency mount up to the heavens – Though he attain to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:6”

That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? That the triumphing – The word triumphing here ( renanah), shouting, rejoicing – such a shouting as people make after a victory, or such as occurred at the close of harvesting. Here it means that the occasion … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:5”

Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 4 10. The prosperity of the wicked is brief 4. Knowest thou not this old ] i. e. knowest thou not this to be or to have been of old, lit. from for ever. “This” which is from of old and from the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:4”

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. I have heard the check of my reproach – I have heard your violent and severe language reproaching us. Probably he refers to what Job had said in the close of his speech Job 19:29, that they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:3”

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste. 2, 3. Zophar is roused to indignation by Job’s perverse blindness to unalterable principles experienced since the world was. The verses should perhaps read, 2. Therefore do my thoughts make answer to me, And because of this have I haste within … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:2”

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, CHAPTER XX Zophar answers Job, and largely details the wretchedness of the wicked and the hypocrite; shows that the rejoicing of such is short and transitory, 1-9. That he is punished in his family and in his person, 10-14. That he shall be stripped of his ill-gotten wealth, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 20:1”