“ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, ”
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 br...
answered . spake again. See note on Job 4:1 . Zophar. See note on Job 2:11 .
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Zophar sets forth at large the state and portion of the wicked. Before Christ 1645.
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 punishme...
XX. (1) Then answered Zophar. — Zophar retorts with yet greater vehemence than before, and assumes a more ornate and elaborate style, still reiterating the former burden of the speedy doom of th...
XVII. IGNORANT CRITICISM OF LIFE Job 20:1-29 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 Triumphing of the Wicked” Job 20:1-29 Zophar is the man who least of all understood Job. The rebuke which Job had just administered, Job 19:28-29 , has vexed him, so that he speaks with i...
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 und...
CONTENTS Job having in the foregoing Chapter closed his answer to Bildad; he is appealed to in this, by a new address of Zophar. But the whole of what he advanceth is to the same amount as the forme...
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite ,.... Notwithstanding the sad distressed condition Job was in, an account of which is given in the preceding chapter, enough to pierce a heart of stone, notwithst...
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, Ver. 1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said ] "If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest," P...
Then answered Zophar Here Zophar, although he had nothing new to advance, hastily interrupts Job, being extremely provoked by his threatening them with the judgments of God, and in his speech appea...
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...
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 1 Then answered Zophar...
JOB CHAPTER 20 Zophar's answer: the state and portion of the wicked, not withstanding for a time he may prosper and flourish. No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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 m...
EXPOSITION Job 20:1-18 Zophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first ( Job 11:1-18 .). He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility ( Job 20:7 , Job 20:15 )....
Then answered Zophar, the Naamathite, speaking for the second time, Cf 11, and said,
Job 11:1 ; Job 2:11 ; Job 42:9