They spend their days in wealth - Margin, or, “mirth.” Literally, “they wear out their days in good”—בטוב baṭôb. Vulgate <…

In a moment. —They go down to death without being made to feel the lingering tortures that Job had to undergo.

They spend their days in wealth
Or "in good" ^F16 ; not in the performance of good works, or in the exerci…

Job says that remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Why is it so?

This is the day of God's pati…

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…