Job 20:1 (WEB)
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

Job 20:2 (WEB)
"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

Job 20:3 (WEB)
I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.

Job 20:4 (WEB)
Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,

Job 20:5 (WEB)
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 20:6 (WEB)
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,

Job 20:7 (WEB)
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

Job 20:8 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.

Job 20:10 (WEB)
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

Job 20:11 (WEB)
His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12 (WEB)
"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

Job 20:13 (WEB)
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

Job 20:14 (WEB)
Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

Job 20:15 (WEB)
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:16 (WEB)
He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

Job 20:17 (WEB)
He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

Job 20:18 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
"Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

Job 20:21 (WEB)
There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Job 20:22 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

Job 20:25 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
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 (WEB)
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.

Job 20:28 (WEB)
The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

Job 20:29 (WEB)
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."
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