Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 27:13

"This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:" — Job 27:13 (ASV)

This is the portion of a wicked man. — Some have thought that the remainder of this chapter, if not Job 28 also, constitutes the missing third speech of Zophar, and that the usual words, “Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,” have been omitted; but whatever may thus be gained in symmetry seems to be lost in dramatic effect. We have seen that Bildad had little to say, and that was only a few truisms; it is not surprising, therefore, that when it came to Zophar's turn, he had nothing more to say, and Job was left virtually master of the field.

It is, however, somewhat remarkable that, if these words are correctly attributed to Job, he precisely adopts those with which Zophar had concluded (Job 20:29). Perhaps Job is willing to show how completely he is prepared to accept the facts of his friends, although he will not admit their inferences. He, like them, is quite ready to allow that the prosperity of the wicked must be apparent rather than real, and that it must eventually come to nothing.