Job 20:1

1 Toen antwoordde Zofar, de Naamathiet, en zeide:

Job 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.

Job 20:1 In-Context

1 Toen antwoordde Zofar, de Naamathiet, en zeide:

2 Daarom doen mijn gedachten mij antwoorden, en over zulks is mijn verhaasten in mij.

3 Ik heb aangehoord een bestraffing, die mij schande aandoet; maar de geest zal uit mijn verstand voor mij antwoorden.

4 Weet gij dit? Van altoos af, van dat God den mens op de wereld gezet heeft,

5 Dat het gejuich de goddelozen van nabij geweest is, en de vreugde des huichelaars voor een ogenblik?