201 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
201 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
201 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
201 Zophar from Naamath again took his turn:
201 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
201 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 20:1
Commentary on Job 20:1-9
(Read Job 20:1-9)
Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse, anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the ruin that attends it will be accordingly.