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Verse Job 20:23. WHEN _HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY_] Here seems a
plain allusion to the _lustings of the children of Israel in the
desert_. God showered down _quails_ upon them, and showered down h...
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WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY - Or rather, “there shall be
enough to fill his belly.” But what “kind” of food it should be,
is indicated in the following part of the verse. “God” would fill
him w...
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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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His insatiable greed shall be satisfied at last. God shall fill him
full of his judgments....
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His belly shall be filled!
God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him,
And shall rain upon him his food.
The food which the sinner shall be sated with is the terrible rain of
judgments which God...
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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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_WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY, GOD SHALL CAST THE FURY OF HIS
WRATH UPON HIM, AND SHALL RAIN IT UPON HIM WHILE HE IS EATING._
Rather, 'God shall cast (may God send) (Umbreit) upon him the fury...
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20:23 he (d-9) i.e. God. his (e-12) i.e God's. flesh. (f-25) Or 'as
(or, with) his food.'...
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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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God is a fair judge. He will punish a wicked man. A man might be able
to escape from his enemies. But nobody can escape from God....
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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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[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his
wrath upon him, (m) and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
(m) Some read, upon his flesh, alluding to Job, whose flesh...
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_May. Hebrew, "And when he shall be about to fill his belly," like
king Baltassar, death shall hurry him away. (Calmet) --- Rain.
Septuagint, "hurl sorrows upon him," (Haydock) by an untimely death,
f...
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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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[WHEN] HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY,.... Either in a literal sense,
when he is about to take an ordinary meal to satisfy nature; or in a
figurative sense, when he is seeking to increase his worldly r...
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Job 20:23 [When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the
fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is
eating.
Ver. 23. _When he is about to fill his belly_] It app...
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_When he is about to fill his belly_ That is, when he has enough to
satisfy all his appetites, and shall design to indulge them in the
pleasurable enjoyment of all his gains, and to spend his days in...
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When he is about to fill his belly, or, "That it may serve for the
filling of his belly," that for once the wicked may have enough and
more than enough, GOD SHALL CAST THE FURY OF HIS WRATH UPON HIM,...
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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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"The wicked fills his belly with wealth, but God rains His anger into
his bowels" _(p. 95)._...
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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...
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WHEN HE IS ABOUT TO FILL HIS BELLY, i.e. when he hath enough and
abundance to satisfy all his appetites, and shall design to take the
pleasure of all his gains, and to spend his days in epicurism and...
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Job 20:23 fill H4390 (H8763) stomach H990 cast H7971 (H8762) fury
H2740 wrath H639 rain H4305 ...
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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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_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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Exodus 9:23; Genesis 19:24; Isaiah 21:4; Luke 12:17; Malachi 2:2;...
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Rain — This phrase denotes both the author of his plagues, God, and
the nature and quality of them, that they shall come upon him like
rain; with great vehemency, so that he cannot prevent or avoid it...