Job 20 — UBES

20Verse 1Then Zophar the Minaean answered and said,^{Verse 2}I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus:
Neither do ye understand more than I.
^{Verse 3}I will hear my shameful reproach;
And the spirit of my understanding answers me.^{Verse 4}Hast thou not known these things of old,
From the time that man was set upon the earth?
^{Verse 5}But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall,
And the joy of transgressors is destruction:
^{Verse 6}Although his gifts should go up to heaven,
And his sacrifice reach the clouds.
^{Verse 7}For when he shall seem to be now established,
Then he shall utterly perish:
And they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
^{Verse 8}Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found;
And he has fled like a vision of the night.
^{Verse 9}The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again;
And his place shall no longer perceive him.
^{Verse 10}Let his inferiors destroy his children,
And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
^{Verse 11}His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth,
And it shall lie down with him in the dust.^{Verse 12}Though evil be sweet in his mouth,
Though he will hide it under his tongue;
^{Verse 13}Though he will not spare it, and will not leave it,
But will keep it in the midst of his throat:
^{Verse 14}Yet he shall not at all be able to help himself;
The gall of an asp is in his belly.^{Verse 15}His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up;
A messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.
^{Verse 16}And let him suck the poison of serpents,
And let the serpent’s tongue slay him.
^{Verse 17}Let him not see the milk of the pastures,
Nor the supplies of honey and butter.
^{Verse 18}He has labored unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste:
It is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
^{Verse 19}For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men:
And he has plundered a habitation, though he built it not.
^{Verse 20}There is no security to his possessions;
He shall not be saved by his desire.
^{Verse 21}There is nothing remaining of his provisions;
Therefore his goods shall not flourish.
^{Verse 22}But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened;
And all distress shall come upon him.^{Verse 23}If by any means he would fill his belly,
Let God send upon him the fury of wrath;
Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
^{Verse 24}And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword;
Let the brazen bow wound him.
^{Verse 25}And let the arrow pierce through his body;
And let the stars be against his dwelling place:
Let terrors come upon him.
^{Verse 26}And let all darkness wait for him:
A fire that burns not out shall consume him;
And let a stranger plague his house.
^{Verse 27}And let the heaven reveal his iniquities,
And the earth rise up against him.
^{Verse 28}Let destruction bring his house to an end;
Let a day of wrath come upon him.
^{Verse 29}This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord,
And the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.