Job 20:1
_THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE DO MY THOUGHTS CAUSE ME TO ANSWER, AND FOR THIS I MAKE HASTE._ Therefore - the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more, for that very reason, shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, 'Notwithstanding, my calm thoughts (_ Sª`IPAY_ (H5587), as in Job 4:13) shal... [ Continue Reading ]
_I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH, AND THE SPIRIT OF MY UNDERSTANDING CAUSETH ME TO ANSWER._ Check of my reproach - i:e., the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, shame) to me (Job 19:29). AND - rather, 'but.' SPIRIT OF ... UNDERSTANDING - literally, 'the spirit from my understan... [ Continue Reading ]
_KNOWEST THOU NOT THIS OF OLD, SINCE MAN WAS PLACED UPON EARTH,_ Knowest thou not? From thy way of behaving, one would think thou didst not know.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED IS SHORT, AND THE JOY OF THE HYPOCRITE BUT FOR A MOMENT?_ Hypocrite - literally, the ungodly (Psalms 37:35).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOUGH HIS EXCELLENCY MOUNT UP TO THE HEAVENS, AND HIS HEAD REACH UNTO THE CLOUDS;_ (Isaiah 14:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET HE SHALL PERISH FOR EVER LIKE HIS OWN DUNG: THEY WHICH HAVE SEEN HIM SHALL SAY, WHERE IS HE?_ Dung - in contrast to the haughtiness of the sinner (Job 20:6); this strong term expresses disgust and the lowest degradation (Psalms 83:10; 1 Kings 14:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL FLY AWAY AS A DREAM, AND SHALL NOT BE FOUND: YEA, HE SHALL BE CHASED AWAY AS A VISION OF THE NIGHT._ Fly away - (Psalms 90:10 ) as a dream - (Isaiah 29:7; Psalms 73:20). FLY AWAY - (PSALMS 90:10 ) AS A DREAM - (Isaiah 29:7; Psalms 73:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE EYE ALSO WHICH SAW HIM SHALL SEE HIM NO MORE; NEITHER SHALL HIS PLACE ANY MORE BEHOLD HIM._ 'The eye followeth him, but can discern him no more' (Psalms 103:16). A sharp looking is meant (Job 28:7; cf. Job 7:10). (Umbreit.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR, AND HIS HANDS SHALL RESTORE THEIR GOODS._ Seek to please - `atone to the poor' (by restoring the property of which they been robbed by the father) (DeWette). "The children" are reduced to the humiliating condition of 'seeking the favour of those very poo... [ Continue Reading ]
_HIS BONES ARE FULL OF THE SIN OF HIS YOUTH, WHICH SHALL LIE DOWN WITH HIM IN THE DUST._ (Psalms 25:7); so the Vulgate. Gesenius has 'full of youth'-namely, in the fullness of his youthful strength he shall be laid in the dust. But "bones" plainly alludes to Job's diseases, probably to Job's own wo... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOUGH WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH, THOUGH HE HIDE IT UNDER HIS TONGUE;_ Be - `taste sweet.' Sin's fascination is like poison, sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the vital organs (Proverbs 20:17, "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOUGH HE SPARE IT, AND FORSAKE IT NOT; BUT KEEP IT STILL WITHIN HIS MOUTH:_ Forsake it not - does not let it go from his mouth down his throat, so as the longer to enjoy its sweet relish.... [ Continue Reading ]
_YET HIS MEAT IN HIS BOWELS IS TURNED, IT IS THE GALL OF ASPS WITHIN HIM._ Turned - changed into poison. The Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jeremiah 2:21; cf. Revelation 10:9). GALL - in which the poison of the asp was thought to lie. It rather is contained in a sack... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE HATH SWALLOWED DOWN RICHES, AND HE SHALL VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN: GOD SHALL CAST THEM OUT OF HIS BELLY._ _ HE HATH SWALLOWED DOWN RICHES, AND HE SHALL VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN: GOD SHALL CAST THEM OUT OF HIS BELLY._ He is forced to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL SUCK THE POISON OF ASPS: THE VIPER'S TONGUE SHALL SLAY HIM._ Shall suck - it shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL NOT SEE THE RIVERS, THE FLOODS, THE BROOKS OF HONEY AND BUTTER._ The wicked is not allowed to have the enjoyment of the overflowing abundance of goods which he has accumulated. FLOODS - literally, streams of floods; plentiful streams flowing with milk, etc. (Job 29:6; Exodus 3:17). Hone... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT WHICH HE LABOURED FOR SHALL HE RESTORE, AND SHALL NOT SWALLOW IT DOWN: ACCORDING TO HIS SUBSTANCE SHALL THE RESTITUTION BE, AND HE SHALL NOT REJOICE THEREIN._ Image from food which is taken away from one before he can swallow it. RESTITUTION - (so Proverbs 6:31.). The parallelism favours th... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE HE HATH OPPRESSED AND HATH FORSAKEN THE POOR; BECAUSE HE HATH VIOLENTLY TAKEN AWAY AN HOUSE WHICH HE BUILDED NOT;_ Oppressed - whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (2 Chronicles 16:10). FORSAKEN - left helpless. HOUSE. Thus leaving, the poor without shelter, (Isaiah 5:8; Micah... [ Continue Reading ]
_SURELY HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY, HE SHALL NOT SAVE OF THAT WHICH HE DESIRED._ Shall not - rather, 'For he knows (or knew) no quietness' or rest from desires. IN HIS BELLY - i:e., inwardly. NOT SAVE - literally, 'not escape with that which he desired'-namely, with his much-prize... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT; THEREFORE SHALL NO MAN LOOK FOR HIS GOODS._ There shall none of his meat be left. Maurer translates 'Nothing was left to his voracity' - i:e., nothing escaped his voracity. The English version gives good sense-literally, 'Nothing shall be left for his meat.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE FULNESS OF HIS SUFFICIENCY HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS: EVERY HAND OF THE WICKED SHALL COME UPON HIM._ Shall be - rather, 'he is (feeleth) straitened' (Umbreit). The next clause explains in what respect. The English version is good sense: 'In the fullness, of him abundance he shall be reduced to... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY, GOD SHALL CAST THE FURY OF HIS WRATH UPON HIM, AND SHALL RAIN IT UPON HIM WHILE HE IS EATING._ Rather, 'God shall cast (may God send) (Umbreit) upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!' i:e., to satisfy his insatiable covetousness. WHILE EATING - rathe... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE SHALL FLEE FROM THE IRON WEAPON, AND THE BOW OF STEEL SHALL STRIKE HIM THROUGH._ Steel - rather, 'brass' х_ NªCHUWSHAAH_ (H5154)]. Whilst the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from an opposite quarter (Umbreit).... [ Continue Reading ]
_IT IS DRAWN, AND COMETH OUT OF THE BODY; YEA, THE GLITTERING SWORD COMETH OUT OF HIS GALL: TERRORS ARE UPON HIM._ It is drawn - literally, 'He (God) draweth (the sword, Joshua 5:13), and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (i:e., passes right through) the (sinner's) body' (Deuteronom... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL DARKNESS SHALL BE HID IN HIS SECRET PLACES: A FIRE NOT BLOWN SHALL CONSUME HIM; IT SHALL GO ILL WITH HIM THAT IS LEFT IN HIS TABERNACLE._ All darkness - i:e., every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in His (God's secret places or treasures, Jude 1:13; Deut. 33:34... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE HEAVEN SHALL REVEAL HIS INIQUITY; AND THE EARTH SHALL RISE UP AGAINST HIM._ All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal. He alludes to Job's own words (Job 16:18), in which he appealed to heaven and earth to attest his innocence.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE SHALL DEPART, AND HIS GOODS SHALL FLOW AWAY IN THE DAY OF HIS WRATH._ Increase - prosperity. Ill gotten-ill gone. FLOW AWAY - like waters that run dry in summer; using Job's own metaphor against himself (Job 6:15; 2 Samuel 14:14; Micah 1:4). HIS WRATH - God's.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS IS THE PORTION OF A WICKED MAN FROM GOD, AND THE HERITAGE APPOINTED UNTO HIM BY GOD._ Appointed - not as a matter of chance, but by the divine 'decree' (margin) and settled principle (cf. Job 18:21). Remarks: (1) When reproached by others, we need the more to take heed to our spirit, that w... [ Continue Reading ]