Job 11:20

wicked. lawless. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44.

ghost. breath. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

Related Commentaries of Job 11:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail - That is, they shall be wearied out by anxiously looking for relief from their miseries. “Noyes.” Their ex...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the eyes (k) of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost. (k) He shows that con...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Speech of Zophar. Job has shown that the assumption, that on account of the Divine righteousness only human sin can be the cause of misfortune, lead...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. The eyes of the wicked sha...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The eyes of the wicked shall fail— i.e. "Their hope shall be deferred and utterly disappointed." The latter clause נפשׁ מפח ותקותם מנהם אבד ומנוס...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. But the eyes of the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of Zophar The speech is short and unsympathetic. 1-6. Zophar rebukes Job for daring to assert his innocence.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As ] RV omits. There is nothing before the wicked but death. The statement is general, but Zophar, unlike the other friends, hints that Job may belo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As the giving up of the ghost. — Omit the as of comparison; or do so, and take the margin. Thus ends the first part of this mighty argument, the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XI. A FRESH ATTEMPT TO CONVICT Job 11:1-20 ZOPHAR SPEAKS THE third and presumably youngest of the three friends of Job now takes up the argum...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Canst Thou by Searching Find out God?” Job 11:1-20 Zophar waxes vehement as he censures Job's self-justification and his refusal to acknowledg...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Job had ceased, Zophar, the last of the three friends, answered him. His method was characterized by even greater plainness than that of Bildad....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) В¶ If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; (14) If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedne...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! how happy is it for you and for me, that we live under a brighter dispensation, than Job's counselors, and are taught by him in...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail ,.... Either through grief and envy at Job's prosperity, and with looking for his fall into troubles again; or...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost. Ver. 20. But the eyes o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The eyes of the wicked shall fail Either through grief and tears for their sore calamities, or with long looking for what they shall never attain....
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ZOPHAR'S CRUEL ACCUSATION (vv.1-6) Zophar was likely the youngest of the three men, and what he lacks in maturity he makes up for in bitter accu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wic...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Fail; or be consumed ; either with grief and fears for their sore calamities; or with long looking for what they shall never attain, as this phras...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR Zophar follows in the same train with his companions. Misled by the same false principle—great sufferings prove great sin...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The words we are about to read were spoken by one of Job's three friends, or what if I call them his three tormentors? These men did not speak wisely...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 11:3 . Thy lies; that is, thy device, as in the margin; jactantias tuas, thy boastings, the delicacy of thy turns of speech, to extenuate th...
The Biblical Illustrator

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. .. and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. The doom of the wicked 1. Here is the loss of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 11:1-18 Zophar, the Naamathite, the third of Job's comforters ( Job 2:11 ), and probably the youngest of them, now at last t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zophar Admonishes Job to Repent
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, wasting away in a vain search for help, and they shall not escape, every refuge being taken away from them,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:14 ; Amos 5:19 ; Amos 5:20 ; Amos 9:1-3 ; Deuteronomy 28:65 ; Hebrews 2:3 ; Job 18:14 ; Job 27:8 ; Job 31:16 ; Job 8:13 ; Job 8:14...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Fail — Either with grief and tears for their sore calamities: or with long looking for what they shall never attain. Their hope — They shall never...

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Related Commentaries of Job 11:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 11:20