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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 20:28

Increase of his house — His estate. Depart — Shall be lost. Flow — Like waters, swiftly and strongly, and so as to return no more. His — Of God's wrath.

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See also Job 20:28 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 20:28. _THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE SHALL DEPART_, AND HIS GOODS _SHALL FLOW AWAY IN THE DAY OF HIS WRATH._] A farther allusion to the punishment of the rebellious company of Korah, who not o...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE SHALL DEPART - Septuagint, “Destruction shall bring his house to an end.” The word rendered “depart” (יגל _yı̂gel_ from גלה _gâlâh_), means, properly, “shall go into captiv...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FLOW AWAY. melt away, disappear....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The increase_ i. e. the gain, possessions. _his goods shall flow away_ lit. _things washed away_; his possessions shall be swept away with a flood in the day of God's wrath....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    His insatiable greed shall be satisfied at last. God shall fill him full of his judgments....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE— _The revenue of his house shall be taken away: in the day of wrath which abideth him, it shall be cut off._ Houbigant. Heath renders it, _the abundance of his house shall ro...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    20:28 his (e-14) i.e God's....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Zophar thought that everybody would agree with him. But, as Job would explain in chapter 21, Zophar had forgotten one important point. Many wicked people are very successful during their lives on eart...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּיתֹ֑ו נִ֝גָּרֹ֗ות בְּ יֹ֣ום...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The (q) increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. (q) Meaning, the children of the wicked will flow away like rivers and be dispersed in various pla...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Exposed. Hebrew, "the bud, (Calmet) or increase of his house, shall depart," (Haydock) and be led away into captivity, (Calmet) and ruined. Septuagint, "Let final destruction draw away his house, and...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE SHALL DEPART,.... Either his children or his substance. Some interpret it, as Kimchi h observes, of the walls of his house, because of what follows, "they shall flow away", c...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Ver. 28. _The increase of his house shall depart_] All his posterity shall be destroyed, and so shall...

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

    _The heaven shall reveal his iniquity_ God shall be a swift witness against him by extraordinary judgments; still he reflects upon Job's case, and the fire from heaven. _And the earth shall rise up ag...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The increase of his house shall depart, all that he has garnered, AND HIS GOODS SHALL FLOW AWAY IN THE DAY OF HIS WRATH, when the divine wrath will descend upon him....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    The word "depart" here means to be carried away into exile. "Others will carry away his prosperity into their tents" _(Strauss p. 202)._...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE INCREASE OF HIS HOUSE; either, 1. His posterity; or rather, 2. His estate, got by the labour, and employed for the use, of his family. SHALL DEPART; shall be lost or taken away from him. See 2 KI...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 20:28 increase H2981 house H1004 depart H1540 (H8799) away H5064 (H8737) day H3117 wrath H639 increase

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 20:17; James 5:1; Job 20:10; Job 20:18; Job 27:14;...

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