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YET HIS MEAT - His food.
IN HIS BOWELS IS TURNED - That is, it is as if he had taken food which
was exceedingly pleasant, and had retained it in his mouth as long as
possible, that he might enjoy it,...
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CHAPTER 20 THE SECOND ADDRESS OF ZOPHAR
_ 1. Zophar's swift reply (Job 20:1)_
2. Another description of the life and fate of the wicked (Job 20:4)
Job 20:1. Zophar, the twitterer, begins his reply t...
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JOB 20. SECOND SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. Zophar helps the return to the wider
problem by appearing once more with a strong doctrine as to the
shortness of the prosperity of the wicked. His theme is, Sin bring...
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MEAT. bread; "bread" put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species)
App-6, for all kinds of food....
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_is turned_ i. e. is changed, it becomes the poison of asps in his
belly....
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His sin changes into his punishment....
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E.
POWERLESSNESS OF PROSPERITYNO ULTIMATE SECURITYZOPHAR'S WARNING (Job
20:1-29)
TEXT 20:1-29
THEN ANSWERED ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE, AND SAID,
_2_ Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me,
Even b...
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_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...
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ZOPHAR'S SECOND SPEECH
Zophar ignores Job's conviction that God will one day establish his
innocence, and proceeds to describe the short triumph of the wicked
and his certain downfall and punishment...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 20
ZOPHAR’S LAST SPEECH
AN...
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The man’s evil deeds are like poison. Poisonous food may taste very
good. And the man’s evil deeds seem to bring pleasure. But poisonous
food makes a man ill. And evil deeds spoil a man’s life. In the...
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לַ֭חְמֹו בְּ מֵעָ֣יו נֶהְפָּ֑ךְ
מְרֹורַ֖ת פְּתָנִ֣ים...
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XVII.
IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE
Job 20:1
ZOPHAR SPEAKS
THE great saying that quickens our faith and carries thought into a
higher world conveyed no Divine meaning to the man from Naamah. The
autho...
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“THE TRIUMPHING OF THE WICKED”
Job 20:1
Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which
Job had just administered, Job 19:28, has vexed him, so that he speaks
with impatience.
Th...
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With evident haste, Zophar replied. His speech is introduced with an
apology for his haste and a confession of his anger. He had heard the
reproof, but he was not convinced; and the spirit of his unde...
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(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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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[YET] HIS MEAT IN HIS BOWELS IS TURNED,.... Or "his bread" r, to which
sin is compared, being what the sinner lives in, and lives upon; what
he strengthens himself in and with, and by which he is nour...
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Job 20:14 [Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of
asps within him.
Ver. 14. _Yet his meat in his bowels is turned_] Sour sauce be hath
at length to his sweet meats, viz. gripes an...
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_Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth_ Though it greatly please him
while he is committing it; _though he hide it under his tongue_ As an
epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about...
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THE WICKED MAN'S BRIEF TRIUMPH
(vv.1-5)
Zophar does not even consider the possibility that Job is not wicked,
but again strongly condemns the wicked, making it evident that he is
really speaking of...
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Like food turning back in one's stomach, the wealthy man is forced to
"vomit" (give back) his ill-gotten gains. Sin might be pleasant for
the moment, but it will turn to poison....
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10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is
fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of
his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes...
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TURNED into another nature or quality, from sweet to bitter. THE GALL
OF ASPS, i.e. exceeding bitter and pernicious. Gall is most bitter;
the gall of serpents is full of poison, which from thence is c...
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Job 20:14 food H3899 stomach H4578 sour H2015 (H8738) cobra H6620
venom H4846 within H7130
his meat -...
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CONTENTS: Zophar's second discourse on Job's case.
CHARACTERS: God, Zophar, Job.
CONCLUSION: Though wicked men may sometimes prosper, their joy is but
for a moment and will quickly end in endless so...
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Job 20:2. _I make haste_ to answer, for thou reproachest both God and
us. Zophar had felt the point of Job's sword, in the preseding
discourse; but the present chapter may well be considered as a most...
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_Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth._
THE WOE OF THE WICKED
I. The disposition of a wicked man in regard to sin.
1. His complacency in it. “It is sweet to his mouth.” A metaphor
taken from natu...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 20:1 In his second response, Zophar expresses
frustration at Job’s continued belief that God has brought about his
suffering but will ultimately vindicate him (vv. Job 20:2). Zophar
th...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 20:10 Zophar argues that neither the wicked man (vv.
Job 20:12) nor his offspring (v. Job 20:10) will enjoy what h
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_ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH_
Produces nothing new; much more outspoken than before. Enlarges on the
miseries overtaking the wicked, insinuating that Job was such. His
argument,—like in condition, like in...
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EXPOSITION
JOB 20:1
Zophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first (Job 11:1.).
He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility (Job
20:7,...
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So Zophar, the third of the speakers, gives his second discourse. And
again, he was the guy that was dealing with traditions earlier, and
with wisdom and all, so he said to Job,
Therefore do my thoug...
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2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 12:10; 2 Samuel 12:11; Deuteronomy 32:24;...
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Turned — From sweet to bitter. Gall of asps — Exceeding bitter and
pernicious. Gall is most bitter; the gall of serpents is full of
poison; and the poison of asps is most dangerous and within a few
ho...