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| Job 20:1 | Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, | Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said, |
| Job 20:2 | "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. | For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on. |
| Job 20:3 | I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me. | I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom. |
| Job 20:4 | Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth, | Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth, |
| Job 20:5 | That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment? | That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute? |
| Job 20:6 | Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds, | Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; |
| Job 20:7 | Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' | Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he? |
| Job 20:8 | He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. | He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night. |
| Job 20:9 | The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him. | The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him. |
| Job 20:10 | His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth. | His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth. |
| Job 20:11 | His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust. | His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust. |
| Job 20:12 | "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, | Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; |
| Job 20:13 | Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; | Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; |
| Job 20:14 | Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. | His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him. |
| Job 20:15 | He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. | He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. |
| Job 20:16 | He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. | He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. |
| Job 20:17 | He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. | Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. |
| Job 20:18 | That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. | He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. |
| Job 20:19 | For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. | Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; |
| Job 20:20 | "Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights. | There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. |
| Job 20:21 | There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. | He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. |
| Job 20:22 | In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him. | Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. |
| Job 20:23 | When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. | God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain. |
| Job 20:24 | He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through. | He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him; |
| Job 20:25 | He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. | He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. |
| Job 20:26 | All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. | All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. |
| Job 20:27 | The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him. | The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. |
| Job 20:28 | The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath. | The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath. |
| Job 20:29 | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God." | This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God. |
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