Verse Job 20:3. _I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH_] Some suppose that Zophar quotes the words of Job, and that some words should be supplied to indicate this meaning; e.g., "I have heard (sayest...
I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH - I have heard your violent and severe language reproaching us. Probably he refers to what Job had said in the close of his speech Job 19:29, that they had occasi...
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...
CHECK. correction. OF. for: i.e. meant to confound me, referring to ch App-19. SPIRIT OF. spirit from. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
Zophar is roused to indignation by Job's perverse blindness to unalterable principles experienced since the world was. The verses should perhaps read, 2. Therefore do my thoughts make answer to me,...
I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH— _I hear the ignominious reproof which is aimed at me; and the spirit within me causeth me to answer._ Heath....
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...
_I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH, AND THE SPIRIT OF MY UNDERSTANDING CAUSETH ME TO ANSWER._ Check of my reproach - i:e., the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, shame) to me (Job 19:...
THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH] RV 'the reproof which putteth me to shame.' He refers to Job's reproaches in Job 19....
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...
The three friends were sure that Job was guilty. They did not think that God would punish an innocent man. And even Job wrongly agreed that God caused Job’s troubles. But Job insisted that he was inno...
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...
I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH. — Rather, _I have heard,_ or, _I hear the reproof of my shame:_ that is, a reproof that puts me to shame, or is intended to do so. THE SPIRIT OF MY UNDERSTANDIN...
מוּסַ֣ר כְּלִמָּתִ֣י אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וְ֝ ר֗וּחַ מִֽ...
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...
I have heard (a) the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. (a) He declares that two things moved him to speak: that is, because Job seemed to touch him, and b...
(1) В¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, (2) Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. (3) I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my unders...
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...
I HAVE HEARD THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH,.... He took it that Job had reproached him and his friends, by representing them as hardhearted men, and persecuting him wrongly in a violent manner; and he had...
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. Ver. 3. _I have heard the check of my reproach_] Zophar conceived himself disgraced as well as menaced...
_I have heard_ Or, _Shall I hear?_ Namely, with patience, and without a reply? Who can endure it? _The check of my reproach_ That is, thy shameful and opprobrious reproofs of us, as if we, and all thy...
ZOPHAR STATES WHY HE MUST SPEAK...
I have heard the check of my reproach, he was obliged to hear Job's chiding, to his disgrace, as he regarded it, AND THE SPIRIT OF MY UNDERSTANDING CAUSETH ME TO ANSWER, the knowledge which his mind h...
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...
He feels personally insulted by what Job has said, which is. response to Job's claim that his friends had insulted him often (Job 19:3). JOB 20:3 "AND THE SPIRIT OF MY UNDERSTANDING MAKES ME ANSWER":...
1-9 Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in...
I HAVE HEARD from thy mouth. Or, _Shall I hear_, to wit, with patience, and without a reply? Who can endure it? THE CHECK OF MY REPROACH, i.e. thy shameful and opprobrious reproofs of us, as if we and...
Job 20:3 heard H8085 (H8799) rebuke H4148 reproaches H3639 spirit H7307 understanding H998 answer H6030 (H8799)...
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...
_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...
Job 19:29; Job 20:2; Job 27:11; Job 33:3; Psalms 49:3;...
The check — Thy opprobrious reproofs of us. Understanding — I speak, not from passion, but certain knowledge....