“ Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still withind his mouth: ”
Though he spare it - That is, though he retains it long in his mouth, that he may enjoy it the more. And forsake it not - Retains it as long as he can. But keep it still within his mouth -...
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...
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Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Forsake it not - does not let it go from his mouth down his throat, so as the longer to enjoy its sweet relish.
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...
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] he spare it ,.... Not that he feeds sparingly on it, for he eats of it freely and plentifully, with great eagerness and greediness; it designs the gratefulness of it to him; he does not spi...
Job 20:13 [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: Ver. 13. Though he spare it, and forsake it not ] This is the same in sense with the former verse, and the...
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...
Though he spare it, i.e. will not part with it; or gratify and obey it, instead of subduing and mortifying it. Keep it still within his mouth, to suck out all the sweetness or benefit of it, thou...
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
Mark 9:43-49 ; Matthew 5:29 ; Matthew 5:30 ; Romans 8:13