Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 21:20
(k) His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
(k) When God recompenses his wickedness, he will know that his prosperity was vanity.
(k) His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
(k) When God recompenses his wickedness, he will know that his prosperity was vanity.
Verse Job 21:20. _HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION_] He shall perceive its approach, and have the double punishment of _fearing_ and _feeling; feeling_ a THOUSAND deaths in _fearing_ ONE. _HE SHAL...
HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION - That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, “You maintain that, or this is the position which you defend....
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...
The negative side of his theme is now illustrated by Job. In Job 21:7 he shewed that the wicked enjoy great, life-long prosperity; now he shews that they are free from calamity; such sudden and disast...
A conceivable objection, and its answer by Job. The verses read, 19. God (say ye) layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it; 20. Let his own e...
This great mystery of the prosperity of the wicked in God's providence Job now unfolds on both its sides: first, they and all belonging to them prosper, and they die in peace, although in conscious go...
LO, THEIR GOOD IS NOT IN THEIR HAND— After the foregoing elegant description of the prosperity of some wicked men, Job proceeds, on the other hand, to confess what was likewise apparent in the ways of...
3. Sometimes they suffer, but not regularly. (Job 21:17-22) TEXT 21:17-22 17 HOW OFT IS IT THAT THE LAMP OF THE WICKED IS PUT OUT? That their calamity cometh upon them? That _God_distributeth sorro...
_HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION, AND HE SHALL DRINK OF THE WRATH OF THE ALMIGHTY._ Another questionable assertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and his children's destruction in hi...
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...
God mattered more to Job than anything else. But Job would still complain about his situation. He agreed that God should punish evil people. But Job did not realise when God will punish them. Job alre...
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...
HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION. — This may be understood as the continuation of Job’s suggested amendment of the Divine government. “His own eyes should see his destruction, and he should drink of...
יִרְא֣וּ _עֵינָ֣יו_† כִּידֹ֑ו וּ מֵ חֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י
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...
(14) Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. (15) What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?...
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...
HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION,.... Or "should see his destruction" b; calamities coming upon himself and upon his children; or otherwise it will not affect him: but when a man has a personal expe...
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. Ver. 20. _His eyes shall see his destruction_] His slaughter, saith the Greek; his breaking to pieces, saith the C...
_God layeth up_ Namely, in his treasures; _his iniquity _ Or rather, _the punishment of his iniquity;_ that is, He will punish him both in his person and in his posterity. _His eyes shall see his dest...
JOB POINTS OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN CALAMITIES BEFALLING MEN...
His eyes, those of the wicked person, SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION, feeling the blow of the divine punishment, AND HE SHALL DRINK OF THE WRATH OF THE ALMIGHTY, quaffing it like a bitter draught....
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...
17-26 Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness a...
HIS EYES SHALL SEE HIS DESTRUCTION, i.e. he shall be destroyed; AS TO SEE DEATH, is to die, PSALMS 89:48 HEBREWS 11:5; and _to see affliction_, or _any kind of evil_, is to feel it Psalms 90:15...
Job 21:20 eyes H5869 see H7200 (H8799) destruction H3589 drink H8354 (H8799) wrath H2534 Almighty H7706 s
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...
Isaiah 51:17; Jeremiah 25:15; Jeremiah 25:16; Jeremiah 51:7; Job 27:
See — He shall be destroyed; as to see death, is to die....