REPLY OF ZOPHAR. (Job 20:1-29) Therefore--Rather, the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more for that very reason shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, "Notwithstanding; my calm though…
2Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder, Y por tanto me apresuro.
3La reprensión de mi censura he oído, Y me hace responder el espíritu de mi inteligencia.
4¿No sabes esto, que así fue siempre, Desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,
5Que la alegría de los malos es breve, Y el gozo del impío por un momento?
6Aunque subiere su altivez hasta el cielo, Y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,
7Como su estiércol, perecerá para siempre; Los que le hubieren visto dirán: ¿Qué hay de él?
8Como sueño volará, y no será hallado, Y se disipará como visión nocturna.
9El ojo que le veía, nunca más le verá, Ni su lugar le conocerá más.
10Sus hijos solicitarán el favor de los pobres, Y sus manos devolverán lo que él robó.
11Sus huesos están llenos de su juventud, Mas con él en el polvo yacerán.
12Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, Si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua,
13Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba, Sino que lo detenía en su paladar;
14Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas; Hiel de áspides será dentro de él.
15Devoró riquezas, pero las vomitará; De su vientre las sacará Dios.
16Veneno de áspides chupará; Lo matará lengua de víbora.
17No verá los arroyos, los ríos, Los torrentes de miel y de leche.
18Restituirá el trabajo conforme a los bienes que tomó, Y no los tragará ni gozará.
19Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó a los pobres, Robó casas, y no las edificó;
20Por tanto, no tendrá sosiego en su vientre, Ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba.
21No quedó nada que no comiese; Por tanto, su bienestar no será duradero.
22En el colmo de su abundancia padecerá estrechez; La mano de todos los malvados vendrá sobre él.
23Cuando se pusiere a llenar su vientre, Dios enviará sobre él el ardor de su ira, Y la hará llover sobre él y sobre su comida.
24Huirá de las armas de hierro, Y el arco de bronce le atravesará.
25La saeta le traspasará y saldrá de su cuerpo, Y la punta relumbrante saldrá por su hiel; Sobre él vendrán terrores.
26Todas las tinieblas están reservadas para sus tesoros; Fuego no atizado los consumirá; Devorará lo que quede en su tienda.
27Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad, Y la tierra se levantará contra él.
28Los renuevos de su casa serán transportados; Serán esparcidos en el día de su furor.
29Esta es la porción que Dios prepara al hombre impío, Y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
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I. check of my reproach--that is, the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, "shame") to me.
check of my reproach--that is, the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, "shame") to me.
spirit of . . . understanding--my rational spirit; answering to "calm thoughts" (Job 20:2). In spite of thy reproach urging me to "hastiness." I will answer in calm reason.
II
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II. the hypocrite--literally, "the ungodly" (Psa 37:35-36).
the hypocrite--literally, "the ungodly" (Psa 37:35-36).
III
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III. (Isa 14:13; Oba 1:3-4).
(Isa 14:13; Oba 1:3-4).
IV
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IV. dung--in contrast to the haughtiness of the sinner (Job 20:6); this strong term expresses disgust…
dung--in contrast to the haughtiness of the sinner (Job 20:6); this strong term expresses disgust and the lowest degradation (Psa 83:10; Kg1 14:10).
V
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V. (Psa 73:20).
(Psa 73:20).
VI
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VI. Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him no more." A sharp-looking is meant (Job 28:7; …
Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him no more." A sharp-looking is meant (Job 28:7; Job 7:10).
VII
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VII. seek to please--"Atone to the poor" (by restoring the property of which they had been robbed by t…
seek to please--"Atone to the poor" (by restoring the property of which they had been robbed by the father) [DE WETTE]. Better than English Version, "The children" are reduced to the humiliating condition of "seeking the favor of those very poor," whom the father had oppressed. But UMBREIT translates as Margin.
his hands--rather, "their (the children's) hands."
their goods--the goods of the poor. Righteous retribution! (Exo 20:5).
VIII
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VIII. (Psa 25:7), so Vulgate. GESENIUS has "full of youth"; namely, in the fulness of his youthful stre…
(Psa 25:7), so Vulgate. GESENIUS has "full of youth"; namely, in the fulness of his youthful strength he shall be laid in the dust. But "bones" plainly alludes to Job's disease, probably to Job's own words (Job 19:20). UMBREIT translates, "full of his secret sins," as in Psa 90:8; his secret guilt in his time of seeming righteousness, like secret poison, at last lays him in the dust. The English Version is best. Zophar alludes to Job's own words (Job 17:16).
with him--His sin had so pervaded his nature that it accompanies him to the grave: for eternity the sinner cannot get rid of it (Rev 22:11).
IX
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IX. be--"taste sweet." Sin's fascination is like poison sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the…
be--"taste sweet." Sin's fascination is like poison sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the vital organs (Pro 20:17; Job 9:17-18).
hide . . . tongue--seek to prolong the enjoyment by keeping the sweet morsel long in the mouth (so Job 20:13).
X
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X. turned--Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jer 2:21; compare Rev 10:9-10).
turned--Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jer 2:21; compare Rev 10:9-10).
gall--in which the poison of the asp was thought to lie. It rather is contained in a sack in the mouth. Scripture uses popular language, where no moral truth is thereby endangered.
XI
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XI. He is forced to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth.
He is forced to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth.
XII
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XII. shall suck--It shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, &c.
shall suck--It shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, &c.
XIII
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XIII. floods--literally, "stream of floods," plentiful streams flowing with milk, &c. (Job 29:6; Exo 3:…
floods--literally, "stream of floods," plentiful streams flowing with milk, &c. (Job 29:6; Exo 3:17). Honey and butter are more fluid in the East than with us and are poured out from jars. These "rivers" or water brooks are in the sultry East emblems of prosperity.
XIV
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XIV. Image from food which is taken away from one before he can swallow it.
Image from food which is taken away from one before he can swallow it.
restitution--(So Pro 6:31). The parallelism favors the English Version rather than the translation of GESENIUS, "As a possession to be restored in which he rejoices not."
he shall not rejoice--His enjoyment of his ill-gotten gains shall then be at an end (Job 20:5).
XV
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XV. oppressed--whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (Ch2 16:10).
oppressed--whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (Ch2 16:10).
forsaken--left helpless.
house--thus leaving the poor without shelter (Isa 5:8; Mic 2:2).
16
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16. UMBREIT translates, "His inward parts know no rest" from desires.
UMBREIT translates, "His inward parts know no rest" from desires.
his belly--that is, peace inwardly.
not save--literally, "not escape with that which," &c., alluding to Job's having been stripped of his all.
17
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17. look for--rather, "because his goods," that is, prosperity shall have no endurance.
look for--rather, "because his goods," that is, prosperity shall have no endurance.
18
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18. shall be--rather, "he is (feeleth) straitened." The next clause explains in what respect.
shall be--rather, "he is (feeleth) straitened." The next clause explains in what respect.
wicked--Rather, "the whole hand of the miserable (whom he had oppressed) cometh upon him"; namely, the sense of his having oppressed the poor, now in turn comes with all its power (hand) on him. This caused his "straitened" feeling even in prosperity.
19
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19. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [UMBREIT] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!"
Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [UMBREIT] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!"
while . . . eating--rather, "shall rain it upon him for his food!" Fiery rain, that is, lightning (Psa 11:6; alluding to Job's misfortune, Job 1:16). The force of the image is felt by picturing to one's self the opposite nature of a refreshing rain in the desert (Exo 16:4; Psa 68:9).
20
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20. steel--rather, "brass." While the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from …
steel--rather, "brass." While the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from an opposite quarter [UMBREIT].
21
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21. It is drawn--Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Jos 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than)…
It is drawn--Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Jos 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (that is, passes right through) the (sinner's) body" (Deu 32:41-42; Eze 21:9-10). The glittering sword is a happy image for lightning.
gall--that is, his life (Job 16:13). "Inflicts a deadly wound."
terrors--Zophar repeats Bildad's words (Job 17:11; Psa 88:16; Psa 55:4).
22
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22. All darkness--that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in …
All darkness--that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in His (God's) secret places, or treasures (Jde 1:13; Deu 32:34).
not blown--not kindled by man's hands, but by God's (Isa 30:33; the Septuagint in the Alexandrian Manuscript reads "unquenchable fire," Mat 3:12). Tact is shown by the friends in not expressly mentioning, but alluding under color of general cases, to Job's calamities; here (Job 1:16) UMBREIT explains it, wickedness, is a "self-igniting fire"; in it lie the principles of destruction.
ill . . . tabernacle--Every trace of the sinner must be obliterated (Job 18:15).
23
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23. All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal.
All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal.
24
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24. increase--prosperity. Ill got--ill gone.
increase--prosperity. Ill got--ill gone.
flow away--like waters that run dry in summer; using Job's own metaphor against himself (Job 6:15-17; Sa2 14:14; Mic 1:4).
his wrath--God's.
25
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25. appointed--not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.
appointed--not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.
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Job — Capítulo 20
REPLY OF ZOPHAR. (Job 20:1-29) Therefore--Rather, the more excited I feel by Job's speech, the more for that very reason shall my reply be supplied by my calm consideration. Literally, "Notwithstanding; my calm though…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Respondió Zofar naamatita, y dijo:
2Por cierto mis pensamientos me hacen responder, Y por tanto me apresuro.
3La reprensión de mi censura he oído, Y me hace responder el espíritu de mi inteligencia.
4¿No sabes esto, que así fue siempre, Desde el tiempo que fue puesto el hombre sobre la tierra,
5Que la alegría de los malos es breve, Y el gozo del impío por un momento?
6Aunque subiere su altivez hasta el cielo, Y su cabeza tocare en las nubes,
7Como su estiércol, perecerá para siempre; Los que le hubieren visto dirán: ¿Qué hay de él?
8Como sueño volará, y no será hallado, Y se disipará como visión nocturna.
9El ojo que le veía, nunca más le verá, Ni su lugar le conocerá más.
10Sus hijos solicitarán el favor de los pobres, Y sus manos devolverán lo que él robó.
11Sus huesos están llenos de su juventud, Mas con él en el polvo yacerán.
12Si el mal se endulzó en su boca, Si lo ocultaba debajo de su lengua,
13Si le parecía bien, y no lo dejaba, Sino que lo detenía en su paladar;
14Su comida se mudará en sus entrañas; Hiel de áspides será dentro de él.
15Devoró riquezas, pero las vomitará; De su vientre las sacará Dios.
16Veneno de áspides chupará; Lo matará lengua de víbora.
17No verá los arroyos, los ríos, Los torrentes de miel y de leche.
18Restituirá el trabajo conforme a los bienes que tomó, Y no los tragará ni gozará.
19Por cuanto quebrantó y desamparó a los pobres, Robó casas, y no las edificó;
20Por tanto, no tendrá sosiego en su vientre, Ni salvará nada de lo que codiciaba.
21No quedó nada que no comiese; Por tanto, su bienestar no será duradero.
22En el colmo de su abundancia padecerá estrechez; La mano de todos los malvados vendrá sobre él.
23Cuando se pusiere a llenar su vientre, Dios enviará sobre él el ardor de su ira, Y la hará llover sobre él y sobre su comida.
24Huirá de las armas de hierro, Y el arco de bronce le atravesará.
25La saeta le traspasará y saldrá de su cuerpo, Y la punta relumbrante saldrá por su hiel; Sobre él vendrán terrores.
26Todas las tinieblas están reservadas para sus tesoros; Fuego no atizado los consumirá; Devorará lo que quede en su tienda.
27Los cielos descubrirán su iniquidad, Y la tierra se levantará contra él.
28Los renuevos de su casa serán transportados; Serán esparcidos en el día de su furor.
29Esta es la porción que Dios prepara al hombre impío, Y la heredad que Dios le señala por su palabra.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 3
I. check of my reproach--that is, the castigation intended as a reproach (literally, "shame") to me.
Versículo 5
II. the hypocrite--literally, "the ungodly" (Psa 37:35-36).
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III. (Isa 14:13; Oba 1:3-4).
Versículo 7
IV. dung--in contrast to the haughtiness of the sinner (Job 20:6); this strong term expresses disgust…
Versículo 8
V. (Psa 73:20).
Versículo 9
VI. Rather "the eye followeth him, but can discern him no more." A sharp-looking is meant (Job 28:7; …
Versículo 10
VII. seek to please--"Atone to the poor" (by restoring the property of which they had been robbed by t…
Versículo 11
VIII. (Psa 25:7), so Vulgate. GESENIUS has "full of youth"; namely, in the fulness of his youthful stre…
Versículo 12
IX. be--"taste sweet." Sin's fascination is like poison sweet to the taste, but at last deadly to the…
Versículo 14
X. turned--Hebrew denotes a total change into a disagreeable contrary (Jer 2:21; compare Rev 10:9-10).
Versículo 15
XI. He is forced to disgorge his ill-gotten wealth.
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XII. shall suck--It shall turn out that he has sucked the poison, &c.
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XIII. floods--literally, "stream of floods," plentiful streams flowing with milk, &c. (Job 29:6; Exo 3:…
Versículo 18
XIV. Image from food which is taken away from one before he can swallow it.
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XV. oppressed--whereas he ought to have espoused their cause (Ch2 16:10).
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16. UMBREIT translates, "His inward parts know no rest" from desires.
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17. look for--rather, "because his goods," that is, prosperity shall have no endurance.
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18. shall be--rather, "he is (feeleth) straitened." The next clause explains in what respect.
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19. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [UMBREIT] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!"
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20. steel--rather, "brass." While the wicked flees from one danger, he falls into a greater one from …
Versículo 25
21. It is drawn--Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Jos 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than)…
Versículo 26
22. All darkness--that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in …
Versículo 27
23. All creation is at enmity with him, and proclaims his guilt, which he would fain conceal.
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24. increase--prosperity. Ill got--ill gone.
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25. appointed--not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.