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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Job 20:22

Verse Job 20:22. In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits] This is a fine saying, and few of the menders of Job's text have been able to improve the version. It is literally true of every great, rich, wicked man; he has no God, and anxieties and perplexities torment him, notwithstanding he has his portion in this life.

Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.] All kinds of misery shall be his portion. Coverdale translates: Though he had plenteousnesse of every thinge, yet was he poore; and, therefore, he is but a wretch on every syde.

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See also Job 20:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE FULNESS OF HIS SUFFICIENCY - When he seems to have an abundance. HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his property sh...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    EVERY HAND OF THE WICKED. all power of trouble. HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the power exercised by it....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    His sin changes into his punishment....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    In the moment of his great abundance his straitness comes suddenly upon him. _every hand of the wicked_ Rather, OF THE WRETCHED (ch. Job 3:20, him that is in misery). All those in destitution, and the...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 471 THE EMPTINESS OF EARTHLY POSSESSIONS Job 20:22. _In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits_. MEN universally, by nature, seek their happiness in earthly things: and thou...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    EVERY HAND OF THE WICKED, &C.— _All kind of misery,_ &c....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IN THE FULNESS OF HIS SUFFICIENCY HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS: EVERY HAND OF THE WICKED SHALL COME UPON HIM._ Shall be - rather, 'he is (feeleth) straitened' (Umbreit). The next clause explains in what r...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    20:22 wretched (c-16) Or 'all the power of need.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Money cannot save anyone from death. We all shall die. And the wicked man’s money cannot save him from God’s punishment....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE HAND OF every one that is in misery shall come upon him: _i.e.,_ in retaliation, or possibly, but less probably, every blow of a miserable man, which can render a man miserable, shall come upon hi...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בִּ מְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקֹו יֵ֣צֶר לֹ֑ו כָּל ־יַ֖ד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand (l) of the wicked shall come upon him. (l) The wicked will never be in rest: for one wicked man will seek to destroy another....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IN THE FULNESS OF HIS SUFFICIENCY HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS,.... For though he may not only have a sufficient competency to live upon, but even a fulness of temporal blessings, have as much as heart can...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Ver. 22. _In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits_] The covetous man never hat...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    In the fullness of his sufficiency, while he has more than he needs for his actual wants, while he is surfeited with good things, HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS, poverty and distress will take hold on him; EV...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ZOPHAR PICTURES THE END OF THE UNGODLY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WICKED: Or, troublesome...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    Just as he reaches the pinnacle of success, everyone turns against him....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THE FULNESS OF HIS SUFFICIENCY HE SHALL BE IN STRAITS; i.e. the height of prosperity and abundance he shall be distressed and tormented, either by the horrors of an unquiet mind and guilty conscien...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 20:22 self-sufficiency H4390 (H8800) (H8675) H4390 (H8763) H5607 distress H3334 (H8799) hand...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 24:2; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Isaiah 10:6; Job 1:15; Job 1:17;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In, &c. — In the height of prosperity he shall be distressed. Hand, &c. — So his wickedness shall be punished by those as wicked as himself....

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