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Verse Job 20:20. _SURELY HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY_] I
have already remarked that the word בטן _beten_, which we translate
_belly_, often means in the sacred Scriptures the whole of th...
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SURELY HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS - Margin, as in the Hebrew
“know.” The sense is, he shall not know peace or tranquility. He
shall be agitated and troubled. Wemyss, however, renders this,
“Because h...
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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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FEEL. know, or experience....
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His sin changes into his punishment....
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That long time of enjoyment which he promised himself shall never
come; according to his insatiable lust and greed shall be his utter
destitution at last....
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_quietness in his belly_ Rather as above. The belly is the seat of
appetite; the words mean, because he felt and displayed a restless
insatiable greediness....
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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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_SURELY HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY, HE SHALL NOT SAVE OF
THAT WHICH HE DESIRED._
Shall not - rather, 'For he knows (or knew) no quietness' or rest from
desires.
IN HIS BELLY - i:e., i...
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20:20 craving, (b-8) Heb. 'belly.'...
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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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Money cannot save anyone from death. We all shall die. And the wicked
man’s money cannot save him from God’s punishment....
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QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY. — “Because he knew no quietness within
him, (Comp. Isaiah 57:20.) he shall not save ought of that which he
desireth.”...
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כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא ־יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּ
בִטְנֹ֑ו בַּ֝
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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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_Them. Death will overtake him, like the rich man, Luke xii. 20.
(Calmet)_...
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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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SURELY HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY,.... Or happiness in
his children, so some in Bar Tzemach; rather shall have no
satisfaction in his substance; though his belly is filled with hid
treas...
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Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of
that which he desired.
Ver. 20. _Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly_] _i.e._
Peace in his conscience, satisfaction i...
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_Surely he shall not feel quietness_, &c. He shall have no peace nor
satisfaction in his mind, in all his gains, partly because of his
perpetual fears and expectations of the wrath of God and man, whi...
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surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, rest in the seat of
his gluttony and avarice, HE SHALL NOT SAVE OF THAT WHICH HE DESIRED,
literally, "with his most valued treasure he shall not escape...
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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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FEEL:
_ Heb._ know...
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The wicked are always craving more and more wealth and they cannot
resist what they desire. The stomach of the sinner always growls for
more....
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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...
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Job 20:20 knows H3045 (H8804) quietness H7961 heart H990 save H4422
(H8762) desires H2530 (H8803)
Surely -
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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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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
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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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Ecclesiastes 5:13; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Isaiah 57:20; Isaiah 57:21...
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Belly — He shall have no peace in his mind. Desired — Any part of
his desirable things, but shall forfeit and lose them all....