Job 20 — GNB
20Verse 1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:Verse 2For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.Verse 3I have heard my shameful rebuke; And the spirit, from my understanding, answereth for me.Verse 4Knowest thou not, that from the days of old, From the time when man was placed upon the earth,Verse 5The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?Verse 6Though his greatness mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,Verse 7Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw him shall say, Where is he?Verse 8He shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.Verse 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more, And his dwelling-place shall never more behold him.Verse 10His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, And their hands shall give back his wealth.Verse 11His bones are full of his youth, But they 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 cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,Verse 14Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.Verse 15He hath glutted himself with riches, And he shall throw them up again; Yea, God shall cast them out of his body.Verse 16He shall suck the poison of asps; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him.Verse 17He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.Verse 18The fruits of his toil he shall give back, and shall not enjoy them: It is substance to be restored, and he shall not rejoice therein.Verse 19Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which he did not build;Verse 20Because he knew no rest in his bosom, He shall not save that in which he delighteth.Verse 21Because nothing escaped his greediness, His prosperity shall not endure.Verse 22In the fulness of his abundance he shall be brought low; Every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.Verse 23He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.Verse 24If he fleeth from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall pierce him through.Verse 25He draweth the arrow, and it cometh forth from his body; Yea, the glittering steel cometh out of his gall. Terrors are upon him;Verse 26Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him. A fire not blown shall consume him; It shall consume whatever is left in his tent.Verse 27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.Verse 28The substance of his house shall disappear; It shall flow away in the day of His wrath.Verse 29Such is the portion of the wicked man from God, And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty.