Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. He shall perish for ever ] He is dust, and shall return to the dust from which he was taken. Zophar here hints his disbelief in that doctrine, the resurrection of the body, which Job had so solemnly asserted in the preceding chapter. Or he might have been like some in the present day, who believe that the wicked shall be annihilated, and the bodies of the righteous only be raised from the dead; but I know of no scripture by which such a doctrine is confirmed.
Like his own dung ] His reputation shall be abominable, and his putrid carcass shall resemble his own excrement. A speech that partakes as much of the malevolence as of the asperity of Zophar's spirit.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - Zophar's discourse is upon the certain misery of the wicked. The triumph of the wicked and the joy of the hypocrite are fleeting. The pleasures and gains of sin bring disease and pain; they end in remorse anguish, and ruin. Dissembled piety is double iniquity, and the rui that attends it will be accordingly.
Original Hebrew כגללו1561 לנצח5331 יאבד6 ראיו7200 יאמרו559 איו׃335
