Hiob 20:1

1 Und Zophar, der Naamathiter, antwortete und sprach:

Hiob 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.

Hiob 20:1 In-Context

1 Und Zophar, der Naamathiter, antwortete und sprach:

2 Darum geben meine Gedanken mir Antwort, und deswegen bin ich innerlich erregt:

3 Eine Zurechtweisung, mir zur Schande, höre ich; aber mein Geist antwortet mir aus meiner Einsicht.

4 Weißt du dieses, daß von jeher, seitdem der Mensch auf die Erde gesetzt wurde,

5 der Jubel der Gesetzlosen kurz und die Freude des Ruchlosen für einen Augenblick war?