Job 20:1
_ZOPHAR SETS FORTH AT LARGE THE STATE AND PORTION OF THE WICKED._ _Before Christ 1645._... [ Continue Reading ]
_ZOPHAR SETS FORTH AT LARGE THE STATE AND PORTION OF THE WICKED._ _Before Christ 1645._... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE DO MY THOUGHTS— _Verily the emotions of my thoughts cause me to reply, even because there is some sensibility in me._ This translation is agreeable to the Hebrew, and throws much light on the passage. Zophar means, that, as he had some modesty left, he could not bear to have so much reproa... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH— _I hear the ignominious reproof which is aimed at me; and the spirit within me causeth me to answer._ Heath.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWEST THOU NOT, &C.— The latter clause of Job 20:4 might as well have been rendered, _Since Adam was placed on the earth._ There is no reason to doubt but that this passage refers to the fall, and the first sin of man; the date agrees; for the knowledge here taught is said to arise from facts as o... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH HIS EXCELLENCY— _His great honour;_ the Syriac. _His pride._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Psalms 94:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BONES ARE FULL OF THE SIN OF HIS YOUTH— The expression seems directly to assert that there is a punishment attending the wicked in a future state. _His bones are full of the sin of his youth,_ or _his secret sin, which shall lie down with him in the dust._ There is a parallel expression, Ezekiel... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL NOT SEE THE RIVERS, THE FLOODS, &C.— That is, he shall not see them with any pleasure. The most delightful things of this world, and the greatest affluence and plenty of them, shall afford him no enjoyment. Bishop Warburton thinks this to be a proverbial speech, taken from the descriptions... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH HE LABOURED FOR, SHALL HE RESTORE— _He shall restore what he gained by his labour, and shall not consume it. His merchandize was abundant, but he shall not enjoy it._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVERY HAND OF THE WICKED, &C.— _All kind of misery,_ &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL DARKNESS SHALL BE HID IN HIS SECRET PLACE— _All manner of calamity is laid up in store for him: an unquenchable fire shall consume him:_ it shall devour all that remaineth _in his stead._ Heath; see Joel 2:3. Houbigant renders it, _Every secret thing which lay hid in his treasures, though no one... [ Continue Reading ]
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 roll away like the torrents, in the day of his fury._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, Zophar in haste rises to vindi... [ Continue Reading ]