Job - Chapter 20 | New King James Version

  • 1. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
  • 2. "Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.
  • 3. I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
  • 4. "Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,
  • 5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
  • 6. Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds,
  • 7. Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
  • 8. He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
  • 9. The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.
  • 10. His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.
  • 11. His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.
  • 12. "Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,
  • 13. Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,
  • 14. Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.
  • 15. He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
  • 16. He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue will slay him.
  • 17. He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
  • 18. He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.
  • 19. For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
  • 20. "Because he knows no quietness in his heart, {cf2super [27]} He will not save anything he desires.
  • 21. Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.
  • 22. In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
  • 23. When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.
  • 24. He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.
  • 25. It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;
  • 26. Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
  • 27. The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
  • 28. The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.
  • 29. This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God."
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