Job 20 — FBV
20Verse 1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,Verse 2“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!Verse 3What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!Verse 4Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,Verse 5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?Verse 6Even though they are so tall+they reach the heavens, even though their heads reach the clouds,Verse 7they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew+them will ask, ‘Where have they gone?’Verse 8They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.Verse 9Those who once saw them will not see them anymore; their families will never set eyes on them again.Verse 10Their children will have to pay back the poor; they will have to return their wealth.+Verse 11Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.+Verse 12Though evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,Verse 13not letting it go but keeping it in their mouths,Verse 14in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.Verse 15They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God forces it from their stomachs.Verse 16They suck in snake venom; the bite of the viper will kill them.Verse 17They will not live to enjoy the streams, the rivers of milk and honey.Verse 18They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit;+they will not enjoy any of their profits.Verse 19For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.Verse 20Because their greed was never satisfied,+nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.Verse 21Nothing escapes their ravenous appetites, so their happiness doesn't last long.Verse 22Even when the wicked have all that they want they run into trouble; all kinds of misery will fall upon them.Verse 23While they are busy filling their bellies, God's hostility will burn against them, raining down on them.Verse 24As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.Verse 25The arrow is pulled out of their gall bladder, glistening with blood. They are absolutely terrified!Verse 26All they value will disappear into the darkness; divine fire+will destroy them; all they have left will go up in smoke.Verse 27The heavens reveal what they have done wrong; the earth will rise up against them.Verse 28All their possessions will be carried from their homes; they will be dragged off on the day of God's judgment.Verse 29This is the share the wicked receive from God, the inheritance God says they should have.”