Job 20:1 |
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said, |
Job 20:2 |
Because of this, my disquieting thoughts answer me; / And hence my haste is in me. |
Job 20:3 |
I hear the reproof that humiliates me, / And the spirit of my understanding answers me. |
Job 20:4 |
Do you not know this from of old, / Since man was set upon the earth, |
Job 20:5 |
That the joyous shouting of the wicked is short, / And the rejoicing of the profane is but for a moment? |
Job 20:6 |
Though his arrogance goes up to heaven, / And his head touches the clouds; |
Job 20:7 |
Like his own dung he perishes forever; / Those who have seen him say, Where is he? |
Job 20:8 |
Like a dream he flies away and is not found; / Indeed he is chased away like a vision of the night. |
Job 20:9 |
The eye looks on him then [sees him] no more, / Nor does his place observe him anymore. |
Job 20:10 |
His children seek the favor of the poor, / And his hands return his wealth. |
Job 20:11 |
His bones are full of youthful vigor, / Yet it lies down with him in the dust. |
Job 20:12 |
Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, / [Though] he hides it under his tongue, |
Job 20:13 |
[Though] he favors it and will not forsake it, / But holds it in his mouth; |
Job 20:14 |
His food in his bowels is changed; / It is the venom of asps within him. |
Job 20:15 |
He swallows down riches and vomits them up; / God casts them forth from his stomach. |
Job 20:16 |
He sucks the poison of asps; / The tongue of the viper slays him. |
Job 20:17 |
He will not look on the rivers, / The streams flowing with honey and butter. |
Job 20:18 |
He will return what he toiled for and will not swallow [it] down; / And he will not rejoice according to the wealth of his trading. |
Job 20:19 |
For he has oppressed [and] abandoned the poor; / He has violently seized a house that he did not build. |
Job 20:20 |
Because he knew no respite in his craving, / Of that which he desired he will save nothing. |
Job 20:21 |
There will be nothing left of what he has devoured; / Thus his prosperity will not endure. |
Job 20:22 |
In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be distressed; / The hand of everyone in trouble will come against him. |
Job 20:23 |
In order to fill his belly, / God will send the burning fierceness of His wrath on him / And will rain [it] upon him as his food. |
Job 20:24 |
He will flee from the iron weapon, / [But] the bronze bow will strike him through. |
Job 20:25 |
He draws [the arrow] out, and it comes out of his body; / Indeed the glittering point goes forth from his gall. / Terrors [come] upon him. |
Job 20:26 |
Total darkness is laid up as his treasures; / A fire not fanned [by man] will devour him; / It will feed on what is left in his tent. |
Job 20:27 |
The heavens will reveal his iniquity, / And the earth will rise up against him. |
Job 20:28 |
The increase of his house will depart / As things swept away in the day of His wrath. |
Job 20:29 |
This is the wicked man's portion from God / And the inheritance decreed to him by God. |