Job 20:1

1 Tsophar, de Naama, prit la parole et dit:

Job 20:1 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:1

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite
Notwithstanding the sad distressed condition Job was in, an account of which is given in the preceding chapter, enough to pierce a heart of stone, notwithstanding his earnest request to his friends to have pity on him, and notwithstanding the noble confession of his faith he had made, which showed him to be a good man, and the excellent advice he gave his friends to cease persecuting him, for their own good, as well as for his peace; yet, regardless of these things, Zophar starts up and makes a reply, and attacks him with as much heat and passion, wrath and anger, as ever, harping upon the same string, and still representing Job as a wicked man and an hypocrite;

and said,
as follows.

Job 20:1 In-Context

1 Tsophar, de Naama, prit la parole et dit:

2 C'est pour cela que mes pensées me poussent à répondre, et c'est pour cette raison que j'ai hâte de le faire:

3 J'ai entendu une leçon outrageante, mais l'esprit tire de mon intelligence une réponse.

4 Ne sais-tu pas que, de tout temps, depuis que Dieu a mis l'homme sur la terre,

5 Le triomphe du méchant est de peu de durée, et la joie de l'impie n'a qu'un moment?