“ He shall not see the rivers, the floods,e the brooks of honey and butter. ”
He shall not see the rivers - That is, he shall not be permitted to enjoy plenty and prosperity. Rivers or rills of honey and butter are emblems of prosperity; compare Exodus 3:17 ; Job 29:6 ....
He shall not see the (h) rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. (h) Though God gives all other abundance from his blessings yet he will have no part of it.
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...
rivers . divisions of water for irrigation, as in. garden. Hebrew. palgey mayim. See notes on Proverbs 21:1 , and Psalms 1:3 . floods . rivers. Hebrew. nahar, ever flowing. brooks . wadys....
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. Job 20:17 He shall not see the rivers - Mr. Good has the following judicious note on this passage: "Honey and butter are th...
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, &c.— That is, he shall not see them with any pleasure. The most delightful things of this world, and the greatest affluence and plenty of them, shall af...
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. The wicked is not allowed to have the enjoyment of the overflowing abundance of goods which he has accumulated. Floo...
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...
The brooks of honey and butter. — He uses language which might lead one to suppose he was familiar with the promise of Canaan, except that, as the phrase is not precisely identical it may perhaps r...
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...
He shall not see the rivers ,.... Of water, or meet with any to assuage his thirst, which poison excites, and so makes a man wish for water, and desire large quantities; but this shall not be grante...
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. Ver. 17. He shall not see the rivers, the floods ] That is, that plenty and abundance of all good things that cometh in to...
He shall not see the rivers, the floods , &c. “He shall not see them with any pleasure. The most delightful things of this world, and the greatest affluence and plenty of them, shall afford him...
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...
Not see, i.e. not enjoy, as that word is oft used as Psalms 106:5 Ecclesiastes 2:1 . The brooks of honey and butter; that abundant satisfaction and comfort, (oft signified by these or suchli...
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 )....
Zophar Pictures the End of the Ungodly
2 Kings 7:2 ; 2 Samuel 17:29 ; Deuteronomy 32:13 ; Deuteronomy 32:14 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; Isaiah 7:15 ; Isaiah 7:22 ; Jeremiah 17:6 ; Jeremiah 17:6-8 ; Luke 16:24 ; Numbers 14:23 ; Psalms 36:...
See — Not enjoy that abundant satisfaction and comfort, which good men through God's blessings enjoy.