איוב כ:ה פירוש: רש״י ומלבי״ם

that the triumph of the wicked throughout all its duration, has come but recently, and will not last for any length of time.

Zophar opens his argument by asserting that the well-being of the wicked is a recent phenomenon, one that was unknown in the past and that it will soon pass.

and the joy of the flatterers is but a moment in a short time, it will end.