Iyov 20:1

1 0 Then answered Tzophar the Na’amati, and said,

Iyov 20:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite
Notwithstanding the sad distressed condition Job was in, an account of which is given in the preceding chapter, enough to pierce a heart of stone, notwithstanding his earnest request to his friends to have pity on him, and notwithstanding the noble confession of his faith he had made, which showed him to be a good man, and the excellent advice he gave his friends to cease persecuting him, for their own good, as well as for his peace; yet, regardless of these things, Zophar starts up and makes a reply, and attacks him with as much heat and passion, wrath and anger, as ever, harping upon the same string, and still representing Job as a wicked man and an hypocrite;

and said,
as follows.

Iyov 20:1 In-Context

1 0 Then answered Tzophar the Na’amati, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and ba’avur (because of [this]) I make haste.

3 I hear the musar that insults me, and the ruach of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou not this of old, since adam was placed upon earth,

5 That the triumphing of the resha’im is short, and the simchat chanef (joy of the hypocrite) but for a moment?