But Job answered. —Having, in Job 19:0, declared his belief in a retribution to come, Job now proceeds to address more directly Zo…

But Job answered and said .
] In reply to what Zophar had asserted, concerning the prosperity of the wicked being on…

Job comes closer to the question in dispute. This was whether outward prosperity is a mark of the true church and its true members, so that the rui…

In the previous chapter, Zophar had already conceded, at least in part, to Job's opinion. He had affirmed that sins were punished after death, alth…