Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: Job 2:11Job 11:1Job 42:9
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, Pro 14:29Psa 31:22Ecc 7:9Jas 1:19Jer 20:9Job 13:19Job 20:3Job 32:13-20
because of the turmoil within me.
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, Job 33:3Job 19:29Job 19:3Job 20:2Job 27:11Psa 49:3Psa 78:2-5
and my understanding prompts a reply.
Do you not know that from antiquity, Gen 1:28Gen 9:1-3Job 15:10Job 32:7Job 8:8-9Psa 115:16
since man was placed on the earth,
the triumph of the wicked has been brief Psa 37:35-36Job 18:5-6Act 12:22-23Job 27:8Job 5:3Job 8:12-13Mat 13:20-21Psa 73:18-20
and the joy of the godless momentary?
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, Isa 14:13-14Oba 1:3-4Gen 11:4Amo 9:2Dan 4:11Dan 4:22Mat 11:23
and his head touches the clouds,
he will perish forever, like his own dung; 1Ki 14:102Ki 9:37Job 14:10Job 4:20Job 7:10Job 8:18Psa 83:10Jer 8:2
those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; Psa 90:5Psa 73:20Isa 29:7-8Job 18:18Job 27:21-23Psa 18:10
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
The eye that saw him will see him no more, Job 7:8Job 7:10Job 8:18Job 20:7Psa 37:10Psa 37:36Job 27:3Psa 103:15-16
and his place will no longer behold him.
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, Job 20:18Job 27:16-17Luk 19:82Sa 12:6Exo 12:36Exo 22:1Exo 22:3Exo 9:2
for his own hands must return his wealth.
The youthful vigor that fills his bones Job 13:26Job 21:26Psa 25:7Ezk 24:13Ezk 32:27Jhn 8:24Act 1:25Job 19:20
will lie down with him in the dust.
Though evil is sweet in his mouth Job 15:16Psa 10:7Ecc 11:9Gen 3:6Pro 20:17Pro 9:17-18Psa 109:17-18
and he conceals it under his tongue,
though he cannot bear to let it go Mat 5:29-30Mrk 9:43-49Num 11:18-20Rom 8:13
and keeps it in his mouth,
yet in his stomach his food sours Rom 3:132Sa 11:2-52Sa 12:10-11Deu 32:24Jer 2:19Job 20:16Mal 2:2Pro 1:31
into the venom of cobras within him.
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; Pro 23:8Mat 27:3-4
God will force it from his stomach.
He will suck the poison of cobras; Act 28:3-6Rom 3:13Deu 32:24Isa 30:6Mat 3:7
the fangs of a viper will kill him.
He will not enjoy the streams, Deu 32:13-14Job 29:6Luk 16:242Ki 7:22Sa 17:29Isa 41:17Isa 7:15Isa 7:22
the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; Job 20:10Jer 22:13Jer 51:44Job 20:15Pro 1:12Hos 8:7-8Isa 24:7-11Jer 11:15-16
he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; Job 35:9Pro 14:31Ezk 22:29Jas 2:13Jas 2:6Jas 5:4Pro 22:22-231Ki 21:19
he has seized houses he did not build.
Because his appetite is never satisfied, Ecc 5:13-14Isa 57:20-21
he cannot escape with his treasure.
Nothing is left for him to consume; Jer 17:11Job 15:29Job 18:19Luk 16:24-25
thus his prosperity will not endure.
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; Job 15:29Rev 18:72Ki 24:2Ecc 2:18-20Isa 10:6Job 1:15Job 1:17Job 16:11
the full force of misery will come upon him.
When he has filled his stomach, Psa 78:30-31Num 11:33Exo 9:23Gen 19:24Isa 21:4Luk 12:17-20Mal 2:2Psa 11:6
God will vent His fury upon him,
raining it down on him as he eats.
Though he flees from an iron weapon, Amo 5:19Isa 24:182Sa 22:351Ki 20:30Amo 9:1-3Jer 48:43-44Pro 7:23
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
It is drawn out of his back, Job 16:13Job 18:11Deu 32:41Job 15:21Job 27:20Psa 7:122Co 5:112Sa 18:14
the gleaming point from his liver. 1
Terrors come over him.
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. Psa 21:9Psa 120:4Isa 14:20-22Isa 30:33Isa 8:22Job 18:18-19Job 18:5-6Jud 1:13
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent.
The heavens will expose his iniquity, Isa 26:21Job 16:18Luk 12:2-31Co 4:5Deu 31:28Jer 29:23Job 18:18Mal 3:5
and the earth will rise up against him.
The possessions of his house will be removed, Job 27:14-19Jas 5:1-3Rev 18:17Zep 1:182Ki 20:17Deu 28:31Job 20:10Job 20:18-22
flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, Job 27:13Job 31:2-3Job 18:21Psa 11:5-6Lam 3:38Mat 24:51Deu 29:20-28
the inheritance God has appointed him.”