Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 20
check = correction.
of = for: i.e. meant to confound me, referring to chApp-19.
spirit of = spirit from. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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.
children = sons.
seek to please = pay court to.
poor = impoverished. Hebrew. dul. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
meat = bread; "bread" put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) App-6, for all kinds of food.
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.
every hand of the wicked = all power of trouble.
hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the power exercised by it.
man. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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