Now Zophar, the third friend, speaks for the second time. He comes out with his philosophy and it is very empty The thoughts of many well-educated people today are exactly the same. In verse 4, he says that this wisdom has been held since man was put on the earth.
V.5-29 And so he proceeds to say that the wicked are soon cut off, and the joy of the hypocrite is only for a short time. Is this correct? No, it is not: For we know some who have been wicked people all their life, and they have lived to an old age. By all this he is trying to prove that Job must be guilty. He could not possibly suffer like this if there was not a cause. Poor Job. Not much comfort in these thoughts.