Job 20:20

ZOPHAR'S PROPHECY OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION FOR JOB

"Because he knew no quietness within him,

He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

There was nothing left that he devoured not;

Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:

The hand of everyone that is in misery shall come upon him.

When he is about to fill his belly,

God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him,

And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon,

And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;

Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall:

Terrors are upon him.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures:

Afire not blown by man shall devour him;

It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,

And the earth shall rise up against him.

The increase of his house shall depart;

His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God,

And the heritage appointed unto him by God."

"He draweth it forth" (Job 20:25). The reference is to an arrow, the projectile discharged by the bow. The picture is that of a fatal wound.

"The heavens shall reveal his iniquity" (Job 20:27). "This is a direct contradiction of the great hope expressed by Job in Job 19:25; and this serves here, in case there should have been any doubt in Job's mind, to identify Job as the `wicked man' Zophar is talking about throughout this chapter."[9]

It is most significant that Zophar contradicted Job 19:25. That "great hope" as Kline called it, was far more than a "hope." It was a confident assurance expressed in the boldest and most dogmatic terms, "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER L1VETH" Satan's anger and savage hatred at once appeared in Zophar's lying interruption.

Zophar's speech was satanic, oriented absolutely against all truth. "His speech contains no hint that the wicked might repent, make amends, and again be restored to God's favor."[10]