Job 11:20

“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, etc.] Either through grief and envy at Job’s prosperity, and with looking for his fall into troubles again; or rather through expectation of good things for themselves, and for deliverance out of trouble, but all in vain; (see <250417>Lamentations 4:17); and they shall not escape; afflictions and calamities in this life, nor the righteous judgment, nor wrath to come: or, “refuge shall perish from them” f502 ; there will be none to betake themselves unto for safety; in vain will they seek it from men; refuge will fail them, and no man care for them; and in vain will they fly to rocks and mountains to fall upon them: and their hope [shall be as] the…”

“A warning to Job, if he would not turn to God. The wicked--that is, obdurate sinners. eyes . . . fail--that is, in vain look for relief (Deu 28:65). Zophar implies Job's only hope of relief is in a change of heart. they shall not escape--literally, "every refuge shall vanish from them." giving up of the ghost--Their hope shall leave them as the breath does the body (Pro 11:7). Next: Job Chapter 12”

“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail - That is, they shall be wearied out by anxiously looking for relief from their miseries. “Noyes.” Their expectation shall be vain, and they shall find no relief. Perhaps Zophar here means to apply this to Job, and to say to him that with his present views and character, his hope of relief would fail. His only hope of relief was in a change - in turning to God - since it was a settled maxim that the wicked would look for relief in vain. This assumption that he was a wicked man, must have been among the most trying things that Job had to endure. Indeed nothing could he more provoking than to have others take it for granted as a matter that did not admit…”

“Fail - Either with grief and tears for their sore calamities: or with long looking for what they shall never attain. Their hope - They shall never obtain deliverance out of their distresses, but shall perish in them. Ghost - Shall be as vain and desperate as the hope of life is in a man, when he is at the very point of death. Next: Job Chapter 12”

“the eyes: Job 31:16; Lev 26:16; Deu 28:65; Psa 69:3; Lam 4:17 they shall not escape: Heb. flight shall perish from them, Amo 2:14, Amo 5:19, Amo 5:20, Amo 9:1-3; Heb 2:3 their hope: Job 8:13, Job 8:14, Job 18:14, Job 27:8; Pro 10:24, Pro 20:20; Luk 16:23-26 the giving up of the ghost: or, a puff of breath Next: Job Chapter 12”