Zophar shews the state and portion of the wicked

Zophar 2:11 11:1 42:9

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

my thoughts 3 4:2 13:19 32:13-20 Ps 39:2,3 Jer 20:9 Ro 10:2

and for Ps 31:22 116:11 Pr 14:29 29:20 Ec 7:9 Mr 6:25 Jas 1:19

I make haste. Heb. my haste is in me

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

the check 19:29

the spirit 2 27:11 33:3 Ps 49:3 78:2-5

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

thou not 8:8,9 15:10 32:7

man Ge 1:28 9:1-3 Ps 115:16

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

the triumphing 5:3 15:29-34 18:5,6 27:13-23 Ex 15:9,10 Jud 16:21-30 Es 5:11,12 Es 7:10 Ps 37:35,36 73:18-20 Ac 12:22,23

short. Heb. from near. the joy 8:19 27:8 Mt 7:21 13:20,21 Ga 6:4 Jas 4:16

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

his excellency Ge 11:4 Isa 14:13,14 Da 4:11,22 Am 9:2 Ob 1:3,4 Mt 11:23

clouds. Heb. cloud

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

perish 1Ki 14:10 2Ki 9:37 Ps 83:10 Jer 8:2

shall say 14:10

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

fly away Ps 73:20 18:10 90:5 Isa 29:7,8

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

The eye 7 7:8,10 8:18 27:3 Ps 37:10,36 103:15,16

10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

His children, etc. or, The poor shall oppress his children Pr 28:3

seek Ps 109:10

his hands 18 Ex 12:36 22:1,3 9:2 2Sa 12:6 Pr 6:31 Lu 19:8

11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

bones 13:26 19:20 Ps 25:7 Pr 5:11-13,22,23 Eze 32:27

which shall lie 21:26 Pr 14:32 Eze 24:13 Joh 8:21,24 Ac 1:25

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

wickedness 15:16 Ge 3:6 Pr 9:17,18 20:17 Ec 11:9

he hide Ps 10:7 109:17,18

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

spare it Mt 5:29,30 Mr 9:43-49 Ro 8:13

within his mouth. Heb. in the midst of his palate

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

his meat 2Sa 11:2-5 12:10,11 Ps 32:3,4 38:1-8 51:8,9 Pr 1:31 Pr 23:20,21,29-35 Jer 2:19 Mal 2:2

the gall 16 De 32:24 Ro 3:13

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

swallowed Pr 23:8 Mt 27:3,4

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

the poison Ro 3:13

the viper's Isa 30:6 Mt 3:7 Ac 28:3-6

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

shall not see Nu 14:23 2Ki 7:2 Jer 17:6-8 Lu 16:24

the rivers Ps 36:8,9 Isa 41:17 Jer 17:6 Re 22:1

floods. or, streaming brooks. of honey De 32:13,14 2Sa 17:29 Ps 81:16 Isa 7:15,22

18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

shall he restore. See on 10,15

swallow 5 Pr 1:12 Jer 51:34,44 La 2:16 Ho 8:7,8 Am 8:4 Mt 23:14,24

his substance. Heb. the substance of his exchange. and he shall 31:25,29 Isa 24:7-11 Jer 11:15,16 22:13,17 Eze 7:12 Ho 9:1 Jas 4:8,9

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Because 21:27,28 22:6 24:2-12 31:13-22,38,39 35:9 1Sa 12:3,4 Ps 10:18 Ps 12:5 Pr 14:31 22:22,23 Ec 4:1 5:8 Eze 22:29 Am 4:1-3 Jas 2:6,13 5:4

oppressed. Heb. crushed De 28:33 La 3:34

he hath violently 18:15 24:2 1Ki 21:19 Isa 5:7,8 Mic 2:2,9

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Surely Ec 5:13,14 Isa 57:20,21

feel. Heb. know

21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

none of his meat be left. or, be none left for his meat 18:19 Jer 17:11 Lu 16:24,25

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

the fulness 15:29 18:7 Ps 39:5 Ec 2:18-20 Re 18:7

every hand 1:15,17 16:11 2Ki 24:2 Isa 10:6

wicked. or, troublesome 3:17

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

he is about Nu 11:33 Ps 78:30,31 Mal 2:2 Lu 12:17-20

rain it Ge 19:24 Ex 9:23 Ps 11:6 78:30,31 Isa 21:4

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

flee from 1Ki 20:30 Isa 24:18 Jer 48:43,44 Am 5:19 9:1-3

the bow 2Sa 22:35

strike him Pr 7:23

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

drawn 16:13 De 32:41 2Sa 18:14 Ps 7:12

terrors 6:4 15:21 18:11 27:20 Ps 73:19 88:15 Jer 20:3,4 2Co 5:11

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

darkness 18:5,6 Isa 8:22 Mt 8:12 Jude 1:13

a fire Ps 21:9 120:4 Isa 30:33 Mt 3:12

it shall go 18:19 Ps 109:9-15 Isa 14:20-22

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

heaven Ps 44:20,21 Jer 29:23 Mal 3:5 Lu 12:2,3 Ro 2:16 1Co 4:5

earth 16:18 18:18 Isa 26:21

28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

increase 10,18-22 5:5 27:14-19 2Ki 20:17 Re 18:17

and his goods Pr 11:4 Zep 1:18 Mt 16:26 Jas 5:1-3

29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

the portion 18:21 27:13 31:2,3 De 29:20-28 Ps 11:5,6 Mt 24:51

appointed unto him by God. Heb. of his decree from God La 3:38