“ Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; ”
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth - Though he has pleasure in committing it, as he has in pleasant food. The sense of this and the following verses is, that though a man may have pleasure i...
Though wickedness be (f) sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue; (f) As poison that is sweet in the mouth brings destruction when it comes into the body: so all vice at the first i...
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...
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth - This seems to refer to the secret sins mentioned above. Hide it under his ton...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Be - `taste sweet.' Sin's fascination is like poison, sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the vital organs (...
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...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth. — He draws a picture of the wicked man after the pattern of a gourmand or glutton, which, if it were intended to apply to Job, was a fresh instance of heart...
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...
(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...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth ,.... Which may respect some particular sin, and by the context it seems to be the sin of covetousness, or of getting riches in an unlawful way, which is very...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue; Ver. 12. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth ] As poison swallowed in some pleasing meat or drink. Agrippina, in...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth Though it greatly please him while he is committing it; though he hide it under his tongue As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls abou...
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...
Misery of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and h...
In his mouth, i.e. to his taste, though it greatly please him for the present. Though he hide it under his tongue; as an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he is loth to swallow, and therefore ke...
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...
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth. The woe of the wicked I. The disposition of a wicked man in regard to sin. 1. His complacency in it. “It is sweet to his mouth.” A metaphor taken fro...
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 )....
Zophar Pictures the End of the Ungodly
Ecclesiastes 11:9 ; Genesis 3:6 ; Job 15:16 ; Proverbs 20:17 ; Proverbs 9:17 ; Proverbs 9:18 ; Psalms 10:7 ; Psalms 109:17 ; Psalms 109:18
Mouth — To his taste; though it greatly please him for the present. Hide — As an epicure doth a sweet morsel, which he keeps and rolls about his mouth, that he may longer enjoy the pleasure of it.