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Verse Job 20:15. _HE SHALL VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN_] This is also an
allusion to an effect of most ordinary _poisons_; they occasion a
nausea, and often excruciating _vomiting_; nature striving to eject
w...
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HE HATH SWALLOWED DOWN RICHES - He has “glutted” down riches - or
gormandized them - or devoured them greedily. The Hebrew word בלע
_bela‛_, means “to absorb, to devour with the idea of
greediness.” I...
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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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GOD. Hebrew El. App-4....
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The same general figure of a delightful food particularized. The
ill-gotten riches which he amassed do not abide with him; the wealth
that he swallowed up he must disgorge. The figure is perhaps that...
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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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_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 H...
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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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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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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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חַ֣יִל בָּ֭לַע וַ יְקִאֶ֑נּוּ מִ֝
בִּטְנֹ֗ו י
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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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HE HATH SWALLOWED DOWN RICHES,.... Not his own, but another's, which
he has spoiled him of and devoured, with as much eagerness, pleasure,
and delight, as a hungry man swallows down his food; having a...
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_He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God
shall cast them out of his belly._
Ver. 15. _He hath swallowed down riches_] As wild beasts do their
prey, as the greater fishes...
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_He hath swallowed down riches_ He hath got possession of them, and
thought them to be as much his own as the meat he had eaten. But he is
deceived. _He shall vomit them up again_ Shall be compelled t...
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ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...
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He hath swallowed down riches, all the possessions which he gained by
his wicked grasping, AND HE SHALL VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN, unable to
retain what he had so eagerly appropriated; GOD SHALL CAST THEM O...
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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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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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HE SHALL VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN, i.e. be forced to restore them with
great shame and torment, as gluttons sometimes do loathe, and with
grief and pain cast up, that meat which they have eaten and swallow...
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Job 20:15 down H1104 (H8804) riches H2428 again H6958 (H8686) God H410
out H3423 (H8686) belly...
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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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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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Matthew 27:3; Matthew 27:4; Proverbs 23:8...