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Verse Job 20:2. _THEREFORE DO MY THOUGHTS_] It has already been
observed that Zophar was the most inveterate of all Job's _enemies_,
for we really must cease to call them _friends_. He sets no bounds...
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THEREFORE - לכן _lākên_, “certainly, truly.” In view of
what has been just said. Or perhaps the word means merely certainly,
truly.
DO MY THOUGHTS CAUSE ME TO ANSWER - This is variously rendered. Th...
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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...
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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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Zophar is roused to indignation by Job's perverse blindness to
unalterable principles experienced since the world was. The verses
should perhaps read,
2. Therefore do my thoughts make answer to me,...
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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 th...
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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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_THEREFORE DO MY THOUGHTS CAUSE ME TO ANSWER, AND FOR THIS I MAKE
HASTE._
Therefore - the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more, for
that very reason, shall my reply be supplied by my calm co...
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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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The three friends were sure that Job was guilty. They did not think
that God would punish an innocent man. And even Job wrongly agreed
that God caused Job’s troubles. But Job insisted that he was
inno...
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THEREFORE. — That is, because of the eagerness that is in him. His
spirit is stirred in him, and impels him to reply....
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לָ֭כֵן שְׂעִפַּ֣י יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי וּ֝
בַ עֲב֗וּר ח֣וּשִׁי בִֽי׃...
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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
auth...
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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.
T...
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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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_Therefore. From this concession which thou hast just made.
(Menochius) --- Various. Hebrew, "Hence do my thoughts cause me to
answer, and for this I hasten." Septuagint, "I did not thus suspect
that...
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(1) В¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Therefore
do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. (3) I
have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
unders...
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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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THEREFORE DO MY THOUGHTS CAUSE ME TO ANSWER,.... Or "to return" a and
appear upon the stage again, and enter the lists once more with his
antagonist; he suggests as if he had intended to have said no...
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Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make
haste.
Ver. 2. _Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer_] _q.d._ Whereas
I had thought, O Job, to have spoke no more to thee (fo...
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_Therefore_ For this thy severe sentence; _do my thoughts cause me to
answer_ I thought to have troubled myself and thee with no further
discourses, but these words of thine make my former thoughts to...
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ZOPHAR STATES WHY HE MUST SPEAK...
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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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I MAKE HASTE:
_ Heb._ my haste is in me...
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Zophar cannot remain quiet, he is troubled and disturbed by Job's
words. "His disquieting thoughts (not calm reflections, but thoughts
that disturb) prompted him to speak again" _(Zuck p. 93)._...
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1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The
triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The
pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in...
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THEREFORE; for this thy severe sentence and denunciation of God's
judgments against us, JOB 19:29, which much more justly belongs to
thyself and is actually executed upon thee; and because of thy
repr...
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Job 20:2 thoughts H5587 answer H7725 (H8686) turmoil H2363 (H8800)
my thoughts - Job 20:3, Job 4:2, Job 13:19, Job 32:13-20; Psalms
39:2-3; Jeremiah 20:9;...
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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, Job 20:15). His whole discourse...
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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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Ecclesiastes 7:9; James 1:19; Jeremiah 20:9; Job 13:19; Job 20:3; Job
32:13; Job 4:2; Mark 6:25; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 29:20;...
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Therefore — For this thy severe sentence. Make haste — I speak
sooner than I intended. And possibly interrupted Job, when he was
proceeding in his discourse....