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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
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The Brevity of Wicked Triumph
Zophar's core argument, as explained by commentators, is that any success, prosperity, or happiness experienced by the wicked is fundamentally temporary. He asserts that this is a timeless principle, suggesting that the triumph of evil is always short-lived and destined to end in ruin.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That the triumphing - The word “triumphing” here (רננה renânâh), meaning “shouting, rejoicing”—such a shouting as people m…
19th Century
Anglican
The triumphing of the wicked is short. —He affirms that the destruction of the wicked is not only certain, but speedy. (Compare to…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short Their outward prosperity and felicity, of which they make their boast, …
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Zophar's discourse is about the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures an…
13th Century
Catholic
After Zophar heard Job’s opinion about the hope of a future life, he seems to have acquiesced, contradicting nothing in his third response. Yet the…
