Chapter 20 contains the return of Zophar with a scathing attack on Job's integrity. Zophar says that Job is experiencing the inevitable results of hidden sin. He says that "the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment". Zophar goes on to say that Job's ill-gotten riches have become like poison in his stomach as he has exploited the poor. This Zophar says is combatted by God with arrows, darkness and fire as natural disasters punish Job's alleged guilt. For he thinks it is God who has reclaimed houses, children and wealth as "rushing waters on the day of God's wrath".
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