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| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
| Job 20:1 | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
| Job 20:2 | Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. | Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. |
| Job 20:3 | I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. | I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. |
| Job 20:4 | Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, | Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, |
| Job 20:5 | That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? | That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? |
| Job 20:6 | Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; | Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; |
| Job 20:7 | Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? | Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? |
| Job 20:8 | He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. | He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. |
| Job 20:9 | The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. | The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. |
| Job 20:10 | His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. | His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. |
| Job 20:11 | His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. | His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. |
| Job 20:12 | Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; | Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, |
| Job 20:13 | Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: | Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; |
| Job 20:14 | Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. | Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. |
| Job 20:15 | He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. | He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. |
| Job 20:16 | He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. | He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. |
| Job 20:17 | He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. | He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. |
| Job 20:18 | That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. | 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. |
| Job 20:19 | Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; | For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. |
| Job 20:20 | Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. | Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. |
| Job 20:21 | There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. | There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. |
| Job 20:22 | In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. | In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. |
| Job 20:23 | When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. | When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. |
| Job 20:24 | He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. | He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. |
| Job 20:25 | It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. | He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. |
| Job 20:26 | All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. | All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. |
| Job 20:27 | The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. | The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. |
| Job 20:28 | The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. | The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. |
| Job 20:29 | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God. |
| | The King James Version Online Bible (KJV) | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) |
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