Job 20:7 meaning and explanation

he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:7, Berean Standard Bible

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Zophar the Naamathite is answering Job in the first cycle of speeches, insisting that the wicked prosper only briefly. Here he pictures the arrogant man, whose head once touched the clouds, vanishing completely.

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