DiscipleDeck
Get started
Bible Commentary

Job 20:20

Job 20:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly; rather, became he knew no quietness in his belly' or within him (see the Revised Version); i.e. because his greed and his rapacity were insatiable?봦e was never at rest, but continually oppressed and plundered the poor more and more (see the comment on ).

He shall not save of that which he desired; or, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth (see the Revised Version).

Recommended reading

More for Job 20:20

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

Job 20 — OverviewJob 20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleOne would have thought that such an excellent confession of faith as Job made, in the close of the foregoing chapter, would satisfy his friends, or at least mollify them; but they do not seem to have taken any…Job 20 — OverviewJob 20 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJob 20:1, Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked.Job 20 — OverviewJob 20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleZophar and his friends, not satisfied with Job's confession of faith, he in his turn replies, and in his preface gives his reasons why he made any answer at all, and was so quick in itJob 20:1-29Job 20:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONJob 20:1-29Job 20:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryZophar's second speech is even more harsh than his first (Job 11:1-20.). He adds coarseness and rudeness to his former vehement hostility (Job 20:7, Job 20:15). His whole discourse is a covert denunciation of Job as a…Job 20:1-29Job 20:1-29 · The Pulpit CommentaryZophar to Job: an orthodox champion to the rescue. I. AN IMPETUOUS ORATOR PERTURBED. Threatened with Divine vengeance, Zophar advances to the combat in hopes of utterly confounding his antagonist. His appearance,…