Post by Lee on Dec 17, 2014 2:45:36 GMT
Following in the footsteps of the others, Zophar descanted on the short triumph and fearful end of the wicked, insinuating that this was what was coming on Job. In v. 10, the allusion to the wicked in the words “his hand shall restore their goods,” seems to indicate that, in his opinion, Job’s substance had been gotten by extortion—a view which finds even stronger expression in v. 19: “Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor, because he hath violently taken away a house which he builded not.” Therefore, a dreadful end should come upon the wicked. We can imagine what sort of an affliction this was to a benevolent and righteous man.
(1923). The Christadelphian, 60(electronic ed.), 98.