Job 20:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wickedh shall come upon him. ”

Job 20:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency - When he seems to have an abundance. He shall be in straits - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his pro...
Job 20:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand (l) of the wicked shall come upon him. (l) The wicked will never be in rest: for one wicked man will seek to destroy another.
Job 20:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 20:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

every hand of the wicked . all power of trouble. hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the power exercised by it.
Job 20:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 471 THE EMPTINESS OF EARTHLY POSSESSIONS Job 20:22 . In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits . MEN universally, by nature, seek their happiness in earthly things: an...
Job 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits - This is a fine saying, and few of t...
Job 20:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Every hand of the wicked, &c.— All kind of misery, &c.
Job 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Shall be - rather, 'he is (feeleth) straitened' (Umbreit). The next clause explains in...
Job 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 20:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him: i.e., in retaliation, or possibly, but less probably, every blow of a miserable man, which can render a man miserable, shall come upon...
Job 20:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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....
Job 20:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
Job 20:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Job 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
Job 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits ,.... For though he may not only have a sufficient competency to live upon, but even a fulness of temporal blessings, have as much as heart c...
Job 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. Ver. 22. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits ] The covetous man never h...
Job 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There shall none of his meat be left , &c. For his future use; but he shall be stripped of all, which being publicly known, none of his kindred or friends shall trouble themselves to seek for an...
Job 20:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Job 20:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Misery of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and h...
Job 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; i.e. the height of prosperity and abundance he shall be distressed and tormented, either by the horrors of an unquiet mind and guilty consc...
Job 20:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 20:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Job 20:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 )....
Job 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Pictures the End of the Ungodly
Job 20:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 24:2 ; Ecclesiastes 2:18-20 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Job 1:15 ; Job 1:17 ; Job 15:29 ; Job 16:11 ; Job 18:7 ; Job 3:17 ; Psalms 39:5 ; Revelation 18:7
Job 20:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In, &c. — In the height of prosperity he shall be distressed. Hand, &c. — So his wickedness shall be punished by those as wicked as himself.

Job 20:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 20:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 20:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 20:22 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Job 20:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 20:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Job 20:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 20:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 20:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 20:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 20:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 20:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 20:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 20:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 20:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 20:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 20:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 20:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 20:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 20:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 20:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 20:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 20:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 20:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes