His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
In its setting the verse belongs to Job's answer that the wicked prosper in this present life while their punishment is future, when they face destruction and the wrath of the Almighty. It teaches that evil is ultimately punished in the future, when the wicked themselves will see their destruction and drink the wrath of the Almighty.
The present prosperity of the wicked does not mean they are blessed, because their judgment is reserved for them to face the consequences of their own sin. God's law is the rule of that judgment by which blessing is for obedience and the wicked are held to account. Yet a person's suffering does not prove that God is displeased with that person, for Job's friends applied this general truth about punishment wrongly to Job.
In its setting the verse belongs to Job's answer that the wicked prosper in this present life while their punishment is future, when they face destruction and the wrath of the Almighty. It teaches that evil is ultimately punished in the future, when the wicked themselves will see their destruction and drink the wrath of the Almighty.
The present prosperity of the wicked does not mean they are blessed, because their judgment is reserved for them to face the consequences of their own sin. God's law is the rule of that judgment by which blessing is for obedience and the wicked are held to account. Yet a person's suffering does not prove that God is displeased with that person, for Job's friends applied this general truth about punishment wrongly to Job.