Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Job 21:31
Declare — His power and splendor are so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him.
Declare — His power and splendor are so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him.
Verse Job 21:31. _WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS WAY TO HIS FACE?_] But while the wicked is in power, who shall dare to tell him to his face what his true character is? or, who shall dare to repay him the evil...
WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS WAY TO HIS FACE? - That is, the face of the wicked. Who shall dare to rise up and openly charge him with his guilt? The idea is, that none would dare to do it, and that, therefor...
CHAPTER 21 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. Hear my solemn words--then mock on (Job 21:1)_ 2. His testimony concerning the experiences of the wicked (Job 21:7) 3. Your answers are nothing but falsehoods (Job 21:27...
JOB 21. JOB'S REPLY. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts are quite the opposite of what Zophar has said: the w...
WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
The person spoken of in this verse seems most naturally the wicked man. It is doubtful however whether the testimony of the travellers is here still carried on, or whether the present words are not th...
Finally, still pursuing his argument, Job turns to the insinuations of his friends against himself, which lie under their descriptions of the fate of the wicked. He knows what they mean when they say,...
BEHOLD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS— By the _day of destruction,_ and _the day of wrath,_ mentioned in the 30th verse, I believe it will appear, from the context, can be meant no other than the future day of...
5. So, your argument that I am wicked because I suffer is false. (Job 21:27-34) TEXT 21:27-34 27 BEHOLD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me. 28 For ye say, Where is...
_WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS WAY TO HIS FACE? AND WHO SHALL REPAY HIM WHAT HE HATH DONE?_ i.e., Who dares to chirp him openly with his bad ways? namely, in this present life. So powerful is the wicked man...
JOB'S SIXTH SPEECH Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at length these views draw from Job a direct contradictio...
Who boldly rebukes or punishes the tyrant?...
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 21 JOB REPLIES TO ZOPHAR’S...
Perhaps Job’s friends did not know any evil people who were successful. Today we often read about such people in the newspapers. Then, people would hear the news from travellers....
(30-33) THAT THE WICKED.... — These verses contain the result of their experience....
מִֽי ־יַגִּ֣יד עַל ־פָּנָ֣יו דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וְ הֽ
XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins a reply to Zophar. His brave hope of vindication has forti...
“SHALL ANY TEACH GOD?” Job 21:1 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1, Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in assuming that...
Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrations the fact patent to all that often the wicked ar...
Who shall declare his way (s) to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done? (s) Though men flatter him, and no one dares to reprove him in this world, yet death is a token that he will br...
_Done. Man is afraid, and God defers to take cognizance. (Calmet)_...
(27) В¶ Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. (28) For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (29) H...
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...
WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS WAY TO HIS FACE?.... Jarchi and Aben Ezra think that Job here returns to God, and speaks of him, as in Job 21:22; signifying that no man can or ought to presume to charge the wa...
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him [what] he hath done? Ver. 31. _Who shall declare his way to his face? &c._] Who shall be so bold as to deal plainly with this rich wretc...
_Who shall declare his way?_ That is, his wicked course and actions, and whither they lead him; _to his face_ That is, plainly, and while he lives, as the same phrase is used Deuteronomy 7:10. His pow...
Who shall declare his way to His face? namely, that of God, in questioning His judgments. AND WHO SHALL REPAY HIM WHAT HE HATH DONE? No man will successfully challenge the divine conduct, for God rend...
Job Rebukes his Friends for their One-Sidedness....
JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incensed by such treatment, he did not lose his temper. He...
The wicked are basically allowed to continue in their evil ways without anyone daring to confront them. This is especially true of people who are wicked and powerful....
27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to wh...
HIS WAY, i.e. his wicked course and actions, and whither they lead him. His power and splendour is so great, that scarce any man dare reprove him for his sin, or show him his danger. TO HIS FACE, i.e....
Job 21:31 condemns H5046 (H8686) way H1870 face H6440 repays H7999 (H8762) done H6213 (H8804) declare -...
CONTENTS: Job's answer to Zophar in which he denies any secret sin. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: The providences of God in the government of this world are sometimes hard to be u...
Job 21:2. _Consolations._ נחם _nicham,_ though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1; is in several places understood of a change of mind, or of repentance. So in Judges 21., w...
_But Job answered and said._ JOB’S THIRD ANSWER There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He felt the dogma of the friends to be opposed-- I. To...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 21:1 Job’s response closes the second cycle of the dialogue with his friends. ⇐ ⇔...
_JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH_ The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy continued ease and prosperity in this life. I. INTRODUC...
EXPOSITION JOB 21:1 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductory remarks (verses 2-4), he takes up the challenge which Zophar...
By Chuck Smith This time shall we turn to the book of Job, chapter 21. Zophar has just concluded in chapter 20 his second speech in which, again, he sort of just gives some of the traditions and quote...
1 Kings 21:19; 2 Samuel 12:7; Acts 24:25; Deuteronomy 7:10;...