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THOUGH HE SPARE IT - That is, though he retains it long in his mouth,
that he may enjoy it the more.
AND FORSAKE IT NOT - Retains it as long as he can.
BUT KEEP IT STILL WITHIN HIS MOUTH - Margin, a...
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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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MOUTH. palate....
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His sin changes into his punishment....
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_forsake it not_ i. e. _do not let it go_do not swallow it....
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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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_THOUGH HE SPARE IT, AND FORSAKE IT NOT; BUT KEEP IT STILL WITHIN HIS
MOUTH:_
Forsake it not - does not let it go from his mouth down his throat, so
as the longer to enjoy its sweet relish....
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20:13 mouth, (i-14) Lit. 'palate.'...
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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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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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[THOUGH] HE SPARE IT,.... Not that he feeds sparingly on it, for he
eats of it freely and plentifully, with great eagerness and
greediness; it designs the gratefulness of it to him; he does not spit
i...
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Job 20:13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still
within his mouth:
Ver. 13. _Though he spare it, and forsake it not_] This is the same
in sense with the former verse, and the sec...
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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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though he spare it and forsake it not, sparing it to prolong his
enjoyment of it, BUT KEEP IT STILL WITHIN HIS MOUTH, retaining it
against his palate, persisting in the lustful enjoyment of his
wicked...
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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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WITHIN HIS MOUTH:
_ Heb._ in the midst of his palate...
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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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THOUGH HE SPARE IT, i.e. will not part with it; or gratify and obey
it, instead of subduing and mortifying it. KEEP IT STILL WITHIN HIS
MOUTH, to suck out all the sweetness or benefit of it, though it...
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Job 20:13 spares H2550 (H8799) forsake H5800 (H8799) keeps H4513
(H8799) in H8432 mouth H2441
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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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Mark 9:43; Matthew 5:29; Matthew 5:30; Romans 8:13...