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A Response Fueled by Shame
Commentators agree that Zophar begins his speech by stating he feels personally shamed and reproached by Job's words. His response is not just a calm theological rebuttal but a passionate reaction driven by hurt feelings. This highlights how personal offense can fuel even our spiritual or theological arguments.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 20:3
18th Century
Theologian
I have heard the check of my reproach - I have heard your violent and severe language reproaching us. He probably refers to what Job had sai…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 20:3
19th Century
Bishop
I have heard the check of my reproach. —Rather, I have heard, or, I hear the reproof of my shame: that …
John Gill
On Job 20:3
17th Century
Pastor
I have heard the check of my reproach He took it that Job had reproached him and his friends, by representing them as har…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 20:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Zophar's discourse is about the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures an…