EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Job 20:20-22
Money cannot save anyone from death. We all shall die. And the wicked man’s money cannot save him from God’s punishment.
Money cannot save anyone from death. We all shall die. And the wicked man’s money cannot save him from God’s punishment.
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...
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...
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...
FEEL. know, or experience....
_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....
His sin changes into his punishment....
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....
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...
_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...
20:20 craving, (b-8) Heb. 'belly.'...
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...
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.”...
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא ־יָדַ֣ע שָׁלֵ֣ו בְּ בִטְנֹ֑ו בַּ֝
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...
_Them. Death will overtake him, like the rich man, Luke xii. 20. (Calmet)_...
(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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
FEEL: _ Heb._ know...
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....
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...
HE SHALL NOT FEEL QUIETNESS IN HIS BELLY, i.e. 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,...
Job 20:20 knows H3045 (H8804) quietness H7961 heart H990 save H4422 (H8762) desires H2530 (H8803) Surely -
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...
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 5:13; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Isaiah 57:20; Isaiah 57:21...
Belly — He shall have no peace in his mind. Desired — Any part of his desirable things, but shall forfeit and lose them all....