Today’s passage: Job 20
Helpful thoughts:
- Zophar takes another swing at Job.
- He shares his frustration with being insulted by Job in verses 2-3.
- Then for the rest of the chapter, Zophar describes the wicked and his fate.
- Realize, Zophar is saying that all this is characteristic of Job. Zophar is describing Job in this manner to his face.
Questions to consider:
- Which descriptions in this chapter are the most striking and hurtful?
- If Zophar was a friend of Job, what must he have been thinking about all the good he had seen Job do over the course of his life if this is what he now truly thinks of him?
- In what way is Zophar’s statement in verse 27 in keeping (Or in contrast) with what Job has been asking for in previous statements? In what way are these men right in acknowledging that God is the final judge? In what ways have they gone beyond their place in stating their views?