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Bible Commentaries
Verse 3
check = correction.
of = for: i.e. meant to confound me, referring to ch App-19 .
spirit of = spirit from. Hebrew. ruach. App-9 .
Verse 4
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 .
Verse 10
children = sons.
seek to please = pay court to.
poor = impoverished. Hebrew. dul. See note on Proverbs 6:11 .
Verse 12
wickedness. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44 .
Verse 13
mouth = palate.
Verse 14
meat = bread; "bread" put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) App-6 , for all kinds of food.
Verse 15
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4 .
Verse 17
rivers = divisions of water for irrigation, as in a garden. Hebrew. palgey mayim. See notes on Proverbs 21:1 , and Psalms 1:3 .
floods = rivers. Hebrew. nahar, ever flowing.
brooks = wadys. Hebrew. nahal, summer streams.
Verse 20
feel = know, or experience.
Verse 22
every hand of the wicked = all power of trouble.
hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the power exercised by it.
Verse 28
flow away = melt away, disappear.
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Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on Job 20". "Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https://studylight.org/
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