“ The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. ”
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity - The meaning here is, that the whole creation would conspire against such a man. Heaven and earth would be arrayed against him. The course of events would be...
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...
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him - Another allusion, if I mistake not, to t...
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal. He alludes to Job's own...
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 heaven shall reveal his iniquity. — All nature shall combine to bring about his ruin, which is, in fact, decreed by God. We here take leave of Zophar, who does not reply again; he has exhausted...
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...
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity ,.... Either God the Maker and Possessor of heaven, who dwells there, and is sometimes so called, Daniel 4:25 ; who sees and knows all things, even those that a...
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. Ver. 27. The heaven shall reveal his iniquity ] Job had called heaven and earth to record his innocence, Job 16:19 ....
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity God shall be a swift witness against him by extraordinary judgments; still he reflects upon Job's case, and the fire from heaven. And the earth shall rise up a...
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...
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the b...
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity, i.e. God shall be a swift witness against him by some extraordinary judgments: still he reflects upon Job's case, and the fire from heaven, Job 1 . The earth...
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
1 Corinthians 4:5 ; Isaiah 26:21 ; Jeremiah 29:23 ; Job 16:18 ; Job 18:18 ; Luke 12:2 ; Luke 12:3 ; Malachi 3:5 ; Psalms 44:20 ; Psalms 44:21 ; Romans 2:16
Heaven — God shall be a swift witness against him by extraordinary judgments; still he reflects upon Job's case, and the fire from heaven. Earth — All creatures upon earth shall conspire to destroy...