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A Disgraceful End
Commentators explain that the comparison of the wicked person's end to "dung" is intentionally graphic. It signifies a final, shameful, and irreversible destruction. Just as dung is cast out and forgotten, the once-proud individual will perish in disgrace, their earthly glory rendered utterly worthless.
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John Gill
On Job 20:7
17th Century
Pastor
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung
Not only in this world, but in the world to come, both in his outward substan…
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…