Job 20:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. ”

• Job 20:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The increase of his house shall depart - Septuagint, “Destruction shall bring his house to an end.” The word rendered “depart” ( יגל yı̂gel from גלה gâlâh ), means, properly, “shall go in...

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• Job 20:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The (q) increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. (q) Meaning, the children of the wicked will flow away like rivers and be dispersed in various pl...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  flow away . melt away, disappear.

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• Job 20:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath - A fart...

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• Job 20:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The increase of his house— The revenue of his house shall be taken away: in the day of wrath which abideth him, it shall be cut off. Houbigant. Heath renders it, the abundance of his house shall...

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• Job 20:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Increase - prosperity. Ill gotten-ill gone. Flow away - like waters that run dry in summer;...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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....

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The increase of his house shall depart ,.... Either his children or his substance. Some interpret it, as Kimchi h observes, of the walls of his house, because of what follows, "they shall flow away"...

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• Job 20:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. Ver. 28. The increase of his house shall depart ] All his posterity shall be destroyed, and so shal...

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• Job 20:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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...

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• Job 20:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The increase of his house; either, 1. His posterity; or rather, 2. His estate, got by the labour, and employed for the use, of his family. Shall depart; shall be lost or taken away from him....

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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...

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• Job 20:28 - 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 )....

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• Job 20:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Zophar Pictures the End of the Ungodly

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• Job 20:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 20:17 ; James 5:1-3 ; Job 20:10 ; Job 20:18-22 ; Job 27:14-19 ; Job 5:5 ; Matthew 16:26 ; Proverbs 11:4 ; Revelation 18:17 ; Zephaniah 1:18

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• Job 20:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Increase of his house — His estate. Depart — Shall be lost. Flow — Like waters, swiftly and strongly, and so as to return no more. His — Of God's wrath.

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