Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 20:12
Mouth — To his taste; though it greatly please him for the present. Hide — As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about his mouth, that he may longer enjoy the pleasure of it.
Mouth — To his taste; though it greatly please him for the present. Hide — As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about his mouth, that he may longer enjoy the pleasure of it.
Verse Job 20:12. _THOUGH WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH_] This seems to refer to the _secret sins_ mentioned above. _HIDE IT UNDER HIS TONGUE_] This and the _four_ following verses contain an alle...
THOUGH WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH - Though he has pleasure in committing it, as he has in pleasant food. The sense of this and the following verses is, that though a man may have pleasure in ind...
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...
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
His sin changes into his punishment....
Sin is spoken of under the figure of a dainty which tickles the palate, and which one retains and turns in his mouth with delight....
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...
_THOUGH WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH, THOUGH HE HIDE IT UNDER HIS TONGUE;_ Be - `taste sweet.' Sin's fascination is like poison, sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the vital organs (Prover...
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...
THOUGH WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH. — He draws a picture of the wicked man after the pattern of a gourmand or glutton, which, if it were intended to apply to Job, was a fresh instance of heartles...
אִם ־תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּ פִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה יַ֝כְחִידֶ֗נָּה...
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...
Though wickedness be (f) sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue; (f) As poison that is sweet in the mouth brings destruction when it comes into the body: so all vice at the first is...
_Evil of any king, and particularly (Haydock) injustice, which at first seems sweet, but will prove in the end a mortal poison. (Calmet) --- The unjust will be forced to restore his ill-gotten goods,...
(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 WICKEDNESS BE SWEET IN HIS MOUTH,.... Which may respect some particular sin, and by the context it seems to be the sin of covetousness, or of getting riches in an unlawful way, which is very sw...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue; Ver. 12. _Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth_] As poison swallowed in some pleasing meat or drink. Agrippina, in po...
_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...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, holding evil in his mouth like a sweet-tasting morsel,...
ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...
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...
As much as the wicked wants to hold on to the pleasures of sin, like something sweet in his mouth, and as much as he does not want to let it go, he will be forced to give it back....
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...
IN HIS MOUTH, i.e. to his taste, though it greatly please him for the present. THOUGH HE HIDE IT UNDER HIS TONGUE; as an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he is loth to swallow, and therefore keeps a...
Job 20:12 evil H7451 sweet H4985 (H8686) mouth H6310 hides H3582 (H8686) tongue H3956 wickedness -...
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...
Ecclesiastes 11:9; Genesis 3:6; Job 15:16; Proverbs 20:17; Proverbs