Passage Research
Job 20 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Job 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 208 / 155
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Job 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּטֶן | beṭen | H990 | 3 | belly, womb |
| מְרֹרָה | mᵉrôrâh | H4846 | 2 | bitterness, bitter thing |
| פֶּתֶן | pethen | H6620 | 2 | asp, contortions |
| מָלֵא | mâlêʼ | H4390 | 3 | fill, be full of |
| שָׂרִיד | sârîyd | H8300 | 2 | survivor |
| דַּל | dal | H1800 | 2 | dangling, weak |
| בָּלַע | bâlaʻ | H1104 | 2 | make away with, swallowing |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Job 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these. Also violence and injustice, these sins bring God's judgments upon nations and families. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 20:10–22 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Naamah 2 — Job 20:1
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