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II. THE DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE BASIS OF THE DIVINE-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP 3:1--42:6 >
C. The Second Cycle of Speeches between Job and His Three Friends chs. 15-21 >
5. Zophar's second speech ch. 20 >
Verse 16 pictures the wicked eating his delicacies but finding that they have turned to poison in his stomach and are killing him (v. 14). Ancient Near Easterners considered honey and curds (the part of milk from which cheese comes) a great delicacy (cf. Judg. 5:25).
