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Verse Job 20:10. _HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR_] They
shall be reduced to the lowest degree of poverty and want, so as to be
obliged to become servants to the poor. _Cursed be Ham, a ser...
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HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR - Margin, or, “the poor
shall oppress his children.” The idea in the Hebrew seems to be,
that his sons shall be reduced to the humiliating condition of askin...
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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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CHILDREN. sons.
SEEK TO PLEASE. pay court to.
POOR. impoverished. Hebrew. _dul._ See note on Proverbs 6:11....
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The prosperity of the wicked is brief
4. _Knowest thou not this old_ i. e. knowest thou not this to be or to
have been of old, lit. _from for ever_. "This" which is from of old
and from the time man h...
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_His children shall seek to please_ Or, _seek the favour of_. The
margin is possible, The poor shall oppress his children, but less
suitable.
_restore their goods_ Rather, HIS GOODS. He shall give bac...
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HIS CHILDREN, &C.— Houbigant gives this verse a different turn from
that proposed in the note on the 2nd verse. He renders it; _His
children shall wander about in poverty; for his hands,_ &c. See Psal...
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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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_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) (DeWett...
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20:10 wealth. (g-15) Or '[what] his violence [took away].'...
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_Seek_ TO PLEASE THE POOR] i.e. seek in distress the favour of the
humblest. FOR HIS HANDS BUDDE reads 'his offspring.' RESTORE THEIR
GOODS] which he had extorted from them in his prosperity....
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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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Perhaps the wicked man was proud because of his wealth. But he cannot
keep his wealth after he dies (Luke 16:19-24). When the man dies,
other people will take his money (Proverbs 13:22).
A WICKED MAN...
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HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR. — That is, shall seek
their favour by making good what had been taken from them, or
otherwise; or it may be rendered, _the poor shall oppress his
children....
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בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝
יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה...
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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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His children shall (c) seek to please the poor, and his hands shall
(d) restore their goods.
(c) While the father through ambition and tyranny oppressed the poor,
the children through poverty and mis...
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_Be. Hebrew, "seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore
their goods," which the wicked had gotten by oppression. (Haydock)_...
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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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HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR,.... In this and some
following verses the miserable state of a wicked man is described, and
which begins with his children, who are often visited in wrath f...
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall
restore their goods.
Ver. 10. _His children shall seek to please the poor_] _Tenuiores
sunt ipsis tenuibus,_ saith Junius; shall be poo...
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_His children shall seek to please the poor_ Either, 1st, To get some
small relief from them in their extreme necessity. Or, rather, 2d,
Lest they should revenge themselves on them for the great and m...
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His children shall seek to please the poor, that is, they will be
obliged to do that by God's judgment, God will compel them to pay out
to them, AND HIS HANDS SHALL RESTORE THEIR GOODS, through his
ch...
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ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...
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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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HIS CHILDREN SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR:
Or, the poor shall oppress his children...
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His family would be equally affected, his loss of wealth would result
in his sons actually asking beggars for help! This verse may infer
that the sons of the wicked will be forced to return to those w...
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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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SHALL SEEK TO PLEASE THE POOR; either,
1. To get some small relief from them in their extreme necessity. Or
rather,
2. Lest they should revenge themselves of them for the great and many
injuries whi...
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Job 20:10 children H1121 favor H7521 (H8762) poor H1800 hands H3027
restore H7725 (H8686) wealth H202
His
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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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_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 12:6; Exodus 12:36; Exodus 22:1; Exodus 22:3; Exodus 9:2;...