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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Job 20 - Introduction

* Zophar speaks of the short joy of the wicked. (1-9) The ruin of the wicked. (10-22) The portion of the wicked. (23-29)

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See also Job 20 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Zophar's Second Speech Zophar breaks in upon the close of Job's speech with a fiery haste and passionateness not quite easy to account for. No doubt Job had spoken of his friends as persecuting him a...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION _Zophar_ 1-2 Job, you upset me. Now I-'m impatient to answer. 3 What you have said is an insult, but I know how to reply to you. 4 Surely you know that from ancient times,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Uz (a-9) See Lamentations 4:21 . perfect (b-18) Complete, lacking nothing; cf. 2 Samuel 22:24 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JOB 20 Zophar and his friends, not satisfied with Job's confession of faith, he in his turn replies, and in his preface gives his reasons why he made any answer at all, and was so qui...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2484. B.C. 1520._ Zophar, after a short preface, asserts, that the prosperity of the wicked is short, and his ruin sure, Job 20:1. He describes his misery in many particulars, Job 20:10....

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