Job - Chapter 20 | American Standard Version

  • 1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
  • 2. Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
  • 3. I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
  • 4. Knowest thou {cf15i not} this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
  • 5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
  • 6. Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
  • 7. Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
  • 8. He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
  • 9. The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
  • 10. His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
  • 11. His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
  • 12. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
  • 13. Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
  • 14. Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
  • 15. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
  • 16. He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
  • 17. He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
  • 18. That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
  • 19. For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
  • 20. Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
  • 21. There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
  • 22. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
  • 23. When he is about to fill his belly, {cf15i God} will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • 24. He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
  • 25. He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
  • 26. All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown {cf15i by man} shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
  • 27. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
  • 28. The increase of his house shall depart; {cf15i His goods} shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
  • 29. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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