Job 20 — ASVBT
20Verse 1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,Verse 2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me,
Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Verse 3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame;
And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Verse 4Knowest thou not this of old time,
Since man was placed upon earth,
Verse 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Verse 6Though his height mount up to the heavens,
And his head reach unto the clouds;
Verse 7Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung:
They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Verse 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Verse 9The eye which saw him shall see him no more;
Neither shall his place anymore behold him.
Verse 10His children shall seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands shall give back his wealth.
Verse 11His bones are full of his youth,
But it shall lie down with him in the dust.Verse 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
Though he hide it under his tongue,
Verse 13Though he spare it, and will not let it go,
But keep it still within his mouth;
Verse 14Yet his food in his bowels is turned,
It is the gall of asps within him.
Verse 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again;
God will cast them out of his belly.
Verse 16He shall suck the poison of asps:
The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Verse 17He shall not look upon the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter.
Verse 18That 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.
Verse 19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.Verse 20Because he knew no quietness within him,
He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
Verse 21There was nothing left that he devoured not;
Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Verse 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
The hand of everyone that is in misery shall come upon him.
Verse 23When 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.
Verse 24He shall flee from the iron weapon,
And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Verse 25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;
Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall:
Terrors are upon him.
Verse 26All 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.
Verse 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
And the earth shall rise up against him.
Verse 28The increase of his house shall depart;
His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Verse 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
Verse 3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame;
And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Verse 4Knowest thou not this of old time,
Since man was placed upon earth,
Verse 5That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Verse 6Though his height mount up to the heavens,
And his head reach unto the clouds;
Verse 7Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung:
They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Verse 8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found:
Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Verse 9The eye which saw him shall see him no more;
Neither shall his place anymore behold him.
Verse 10His children shall seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands shall give back his wealth.
Verse 11His bones are full of his youth,
But it shall lie down with him in the dust.Verse 12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
Though he hide it under his tongue,
Verse 13Though he spare it, and will not let it go,
But keep it still within his mouth;
Verse 14Yet his food in his bowels is turned,
It is the gall of asps within him.
Verse 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again;
God will cast them out of his belly.
Verse 16He shall suck the poison of asps:
The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
Verse 17He shall not look upon the rivers,
The flowing streams of honey and butter.
Verse 18That 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.
Verse 19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.Verse 20Because he knew no quietness within him,
He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
Verse 21There was nothing left that he devoured not;
Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Verse 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
The hand of everyone that is in misery shall come upon him.
Verse 23When 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.
Verse 24He shall flee from the iron weapon,
And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Verse 25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body;
Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall:
Terrors are upon him.
Verse 26All 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.
Verse 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
And the earth shall rise up against him.
Verse 28The increase of his house shall depart;
His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Verse 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the heritage appointed unto him by God.