Job 20: Zophar on the Short Joy of the Wicked

Zophar, stung by what he hears as an insulting rebuke, gives his second speech, insisting that the success of evil people has always been brief. He pictures the wicked man’s gains turning to poison, his oppression of the poor bringing ruin, and heaven and earth testifying against him as God’s anger falls.

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