What Job does in Job 27:7-10 is curse those who set themselves against him, saying let them be as the wicked. In other words, let them inherit the reward of the wicked. Let them be as the unrighteous (Job 27:7), and Job includes himself in this curse. In other words, in the context of his oath to the Lord (Job 27:1-6), he would be his own enemy and the enemy of God, if he lied and played the hypocrite, because a just God would never justify the claims of a hypocrite who pretends to be righteous. So, if Job claims he hadn’t lied and calls upon God to witness to the truth of that statement, if he had spoken insincerely, he would be placing himself under the very curse he utters against those who oppose him in maintaining his integrity. Therefore, “Let my enemy be as the wicked…” is to say, if I have lied and done wickedly, by calling upon the Lord to witness to my integrity I have become my own enemy (Job 27:7).
In verse-8 Job claims that the hypocrite has no place or no hope with the Lord, once he dies, although he had gained the world during his lifetime (cp. Matthew 16:26). In other words, all the wealth a hypocrite had gained in his life would be useless in his judgment, for the Lord, who is just, would have no regard for such wealth. This being so, why would Job refused to admit to the friends’ argument that he was wicked, if that was the real truth of the matter? In his present calamity, his wealth, even if he had wealth at this point, wasn’t doing him any good. Why not admit to his wickedness, because his death was near? In doing so, at least he would face the Lord as a repentant man, but what hope would he have at all as a hypocrite? Thus, the argument of the friends is shown to be wanting, but Job’s argument is strengthened by his oath (Job 27:1-6).
Indeed, the deaths of many wicked men are peaceful (cp. Job 21:23), yet in truth death brings great trouble for the wicked (Job 27:9). When death finally comes upon them, as it does every other man, will the Lord hear their prayers then (cp. Proverbs 1:25-31)? If the wicked abhorred the presence of God, while they lived, and if they didn’t see the value in praying to the Lord, while they were yet in the land of the living (Job 21:14-15; cp. Psalm 27:13; 52:5), why would the Lord hear their prayers after they died, when their trouble had finally come upon them (Job 27:9)? Therefore, if Job was truly wicked, it behooved him to agree with the friends and admit to his wickedness and repent before he died. Thus, the fact that Job maintained his integrity adds weight to the idea that he was telling the truth, and his calamitous circumstances were not evidence that he was under the judgment of the Lord.
In verse-10 Job tells the friends that the hypocrite has no delight in the Lord. He doesn’t pray to him, when all is well in life. Neither does he pray, when adversity comes. Instead, he curses the Almighty for bringing adversity into his life. In contrast to this, Job prays, and, although his prayers remain unanswered, yet he holds out hope that the Lord will eventually justify him (Job 19:25-27). If, indeed, Job was a hypocrite, as the friends contended, why did he yet hold out hope that the Lord would vindicate him? Why didn’t he curse God, who was responsible for all Job’s calamitous circumstances? Therefore, Job exposes the argument of the friends as having no foundation in truth, but was, in truth, a complete falsehood.
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