Zophar's Last Speech. Job 20

 

Job 20 – Zophar’s Last Speech

 

Zophar holds to the theory that Job is a very wicked person because of the law that the wicked must be punished.

 

Sometimes it seems that the wicked hang on for a mighty long time. But it is true that finally they do come to judgment. His life is brief.

 

God has set eternity in our hearts, because it is there, and man is going to move on into eternity.

 

Zophar is calling Job not only wicked, but a hypocrite. His whole speech describes the fall of a wicked man. He says such a man may attain eminence, but that just simply means that his fall is going to be greater. His implication is that that is what has happened to Job. He suggests that such a man is like

Fuel which will be consumed. He says nothing can escape the wicked man’s greed; he will be reduced to poverty. God shall cast his fury of wrath upon him. He will become a raging flame, and all his prosperity will go up in flames – there will be no avenue of escape.

 

Him implication is that the “wicked man” is Job.

 

Job is ready to answer him. He is going to defend himself, and he comes on strong.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.