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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...
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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...
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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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_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....
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His insatiable greed shall be satisfied at last. God shall fill him
full of his judgments....
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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...
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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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_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...
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20:28 his (e-14) i.e God's....
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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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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...
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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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יִ֭גֶל יְב֣וּל בֵּיתֹ֑ו נִ֝גָּרֹ֗ות
בְּ יֹ֣ום...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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 word "depart" here means to be carried away into exile. "Others
will carry away his prosperity into their tents" _(Strauss p. 202)._...
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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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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...
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Job 20:28 increase H2981 house H1004 depart H1540 (H8799) away H5064
(H8737) day H3117 wrath H639
increase
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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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2 Kings 20:17; James 5:1; Job 20:10; Job 20:18; Job 27:14;...
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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....