Their houses are safe from fear - Margin, “peace from.” The friends of Job had maintained just the contrary; see (Job 20:27–28);…

Their houses are safe from fear. —On the contrary, Zophar had just said that “a fire not blown should consume him” ([Refe…

Their houses [are] safe from fear
Of enemies besetting them, entering into them, and pillaging and plundering them; …

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…