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| The Book of Job 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) | ||||||||||||||||
| Job 20:1 | Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:2 | "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 reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:4 | Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:5 | That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment? | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:6 | Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach 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?' | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:9 | The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:10 | His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:11 | His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:12 | "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:13 | Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:14 | Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:15 | He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:16 | He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:17 | He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:20 | "Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:21 | There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:24 | He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:27 | The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:28 | The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath. | |||||||||||||||
| Job 20:29 | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God." | |||||||||||||||
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