Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Job 20:13
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
MOUTH. palate....
_forsake it not_ i. e. _do not let it go_do not swallow it....
His sin changes into his punishment....
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...
20:13 mouth, (i-14) Lit. 'palate.'...
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...
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...
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...
יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְ לֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝...
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...
“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...
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...
(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...
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...
[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...
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...
_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...
ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...
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...
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...
WITHIN HIS MOUTH: _ Heb._ in the midst of his palate...
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...
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...
Job 20:13 spares H2550 (H8799) forsake H5800 (H8799) keeps H4513 (H8799) in H8432 mouth H2441 spare it -
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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
_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...
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,...
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...
Mark 9:43; Matthew 5:29; Matthew 5:30; Romans 8:13...