Parallel Bible results for "job 20:6-16"

Job 20:6-16

6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

6 Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.

9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

9 The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.

10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

10 His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

13 though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,

14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.

14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.

16 He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

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