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Verse Job 20:26. _A FIRE NOT BLOWN SHALL CONSUME HIM_] As Zophar is
here showing that the wicked cannot escape from the Divine judgments;
so he points out the different instruments which God employs...
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ALL DARKNESS SHALL BE HID IN HIS SECRET PLACES - The word
“darkness” here, as is common, means evidently calamity. The
phrase “is hid,” means is treasured up for him. The phrase “in
his secret places,...
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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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NOT BLOWN. Not blown up, or produced by man.
TABERNACLE. tent....
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures;
A fire not blown shall consume him,
It shall devour him that is left in his tent.
"Darkness" is a figure for calamity; cf. ch. Job 15:22-23. "Laid up,"
i....
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His insatiable greed shall be satisfied at last. God shall fill him
full of his judgments....
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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; s...
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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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_ALL DARKNESS SHALL BE HID IN HIS SECRET PLACES: A FIRE NOT BLOWN
SHALL CONSUME HIM; IT SHALL GO ILL WITH HIM THAT IS LEFT IN HIS
TABERNACLE._
All darkness - i:e., every calamity that befalls the wic...
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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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RV 'All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown _by
man_ shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his
tent.'...
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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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God is a fair judge. He will punish a wicked man. A man might be able
to escape from his enemies. But nobody can escape from God....
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ALL DARKNESS SHALL BE HID IN HIS SECRET PLACES. — Rather, _All
darkness, every kind of disaster, is laid up for his secret
treasures._
A FIRE NOT BLOWN. — By human hands, &c....
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כָּל ־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִ
צְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ...
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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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(o) All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not (p)
blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his
tabernacle.
(o) All fear and sorrow will light on him when h...
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Darkness, or misery. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "Terrors upon him, (26)
and all darkness may await him." (Haydock) --- He shall find no means
of escaping. (Calmet) --- Kindled. Hebrew, "blown." St. Greg...
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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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ALL DARKNESS [SHALL BE] HID IN HIS SECRET PLACES,.... In such places
of secrecy, where he may promise himself safety, he shall find more
calamities of all sorts; or every kind of judgments shall find...
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All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown
shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his
tabernacle.
Ver. 26. _All darkness shall be hid in his secret places...
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_All darkness_ All sorts of miseries, of soul, and body, and estate;
_shall be hid_ Or laid up by God for him. They are reserved and
treasured up for him, and kept as in a sure place, and shall
infall...
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All darkness shall be hid in his secret places, is saved up to strike
that which he has hoarded, that is, every kind of calamity will
descend upon the precious things which he fondly believed to be sa...
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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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Again, no matter how hard to tries to hold on to his treasures,
darkness would overtake his treasures, fire would consume him, and his
survivors in his tent (wife and children) would not be spared....
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23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked
practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence
against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and...
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ALL DARKNESS, i.e. all sorts of miseries, both of soul, and body, and
estate. SHALL BE HID, or, is _hid_, or _laid up_, to wit, by God for
him. This phrase may note, that though it be not actually upo...
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Job 20:26 darkness H2822 reserved H2934 (H8803) treasures H6845
(H8803) unfanned H5301 (H8795) fire H784 consume...
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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,...
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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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Isaiah 14:20; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 8:22; Job 18:19; Job 18:5;...