Mark Dunagan Commentaries
Job 20:21
"Just as nothing was left that he had not devoured, so nothing he had acquired would be left" (Zuck p. 95).
"Just as nothing was left that he had not devoured, so nothing he had acquired would be left" (Zuck p. 95).
Verse Job 20:21. _THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT_] _Coverdale_ translates thus: _He devoured so gredily, that he left nothinge_ _behynde, therefore his goodes shal not prospere_. He shall be str...
“There shall none of his meat be left Margin, “or, be none left for his meat.” Noyes renders it, “Because nothing escaped his greatness.” Prof. Lee, “no surviver shall remain for his provision.” But t...
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...
_his goods_ This may mean his prosperity. In all these verses the retribution corresponds to the sin the insatiable greediness is recompensed by utter loss and want....
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....
His sin changes into his punishment....
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...
_THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT; THEREFORE SHALL NO MAN LOOK FOR HIS GOODS._ There shall none of his meat be left. Maurer translates 'Nothing was left to his voracity' - i:e., nothing escaped h...
RV 'There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.' 22B. RV 'The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him'; i.e. all who have suffered at his h...
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...
Money cannot save anyone from death. We all shall die. And the wicked man’s money cannot save him from God’s punishment....
THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT. — Rather, _There was nothing left that he devoured not, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. _...
אֵין ־שָׂרִ֥יד לְ אָכְלֹ֑ו עַל ־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹא
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...
There shall none of his (k) meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. (k) He will leave nothing to his posterity....
_Continue. Hebrew, "no one shall look for his goods." The sinner eat up all in his life-time, or saw his possessions slip from him. (Haydock) --- At least, he shall not take them with him to the grave...
(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...
THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT,.... Not in his belly, all shall be cast up; none of his substance left for himself or others; none of his riches for his children or heirs, all being consumed: or...
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. Ver. 21. _There shall none of his meat be left_] Zophar still pursueth the allegory of the belly; and in all striketh...
_There shall none of his meat be left_, &c. For his future use; but he shall be stripped of all, which being publicly known, none of his kindred or friends shall trouble themselves to seek for any rel...
There shall none of his meat be left, literally, "there is nothing remaining to his food," that is, nothing escaped his greediness; THEREFORE SHALL NO MAN LOOK FOR HIS GOODS, his ill-gotten prosperity...
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...
THERE SHALL NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT: Or, there shall be none left for his meats...
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...
NONE OF HIS MEAT BE LEFT for his own future use; but he shall be stripped of all. THEREFORE SHALL NO MAN LOOK FOR HIS GOODS; it being publicly known and observed that he was totally ruined, none of hi...
Job 20:21 left H8300 eat H400 well-being H2898 last H2342 (H8799) none of his meat be left - or, be none left for his meat, Job 18:19;...
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...
Jeremiah 17:11; Job 18:19; Luke 16:24; Luke 16:25...
Therefore — It being publickly known that he was totally ruined, none of his kindred shall trouble themselves about any relicks of his estate....