“ Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, ”
Knowest thou not this of old - That is, dost thou not know that this has always happened from the beginning of the world, or that this is the invariable course of events. His purpose is to show t...
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...
Knowest thou not this? This was Zophar's reply to Job in Job 19:25 , implying that Job had no such hope. of old . from of old. man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
DISCOURSE: 470 AGAINST HYPOCRISY Job 20:4-7 . Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a mo...
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, Knowest thou not this of old - This is a maxim as ancient as the world; it began with the first man: A wicked man shall triumph but a...
Knowest thou not, &c.— The latter clause of Job 20:4 might as well have been rendered, Since Adam was placed on the earth. There is no reason to doubt but that this passage refers to the fa...
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, Knowest thou not? From thy way of behaving, one would think thou didst not know.
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...
Knowest thou [not] this of old ,.... Or "from eternity" g, from the beginning of time, ever since the world was; as if he should say, if you are the knowing man you pretend to be, you must know this...
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth, Ver. 4. Knowest thou not this of old ] Whether Zophar intended his own conscience or not before, he here appealeth to Job's; and se...
Knowest thou not this Which I am now about to say; of old From the experience of all former ages; since man was placed upon the earth Since the world was made, and there were any men to observ...
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...
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 1 Then answered Zophar...
i.e. This which I am now about to say. How canst thou, thou, I say, who pretendest to such an exact and universal knowledge of men and things, be ignorant of so notorious a thing, which wicked me...
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...
That the triumphing of the wicked is short. The triumph of the wicked The words of the text are indisputably true, though misapplied. In the world there is, alas! very often a triumphing of the...
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 States Why he must Speak
Genesis 1:28 ; Genesis 9:1-3 ; Job 15:10 ; Job 32:7 ; Job 8:8 ; Job 8:9 ; Psalms 115:16
This — Which I am now about to say. Since — Since the world was made.