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Job 20:1-10
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1
Then
answered
Zophar
the
Naamathite,
and
said
,
2
Therefore do my
thoughts
cause me to
answer
, and for this I make
haste
.
3
I have
heard
the
check
of my
reproach,
and the
spirit
of my
understanding
causeth me to
answer
.
4
Knowest
thou not this of
old,
since
man
was
placed
upon
earth,
5
That the
triumphing
of the
wicked
is
short,
[a]
and the
joy
of the
hypocrite
but for a
moment?
6
Though his
excellency
mount
up
to the
heavens,
and his
head
reach
unto the
clouds;
[b]
7
Yet he shall
perish
for
ever
like his own
dung:
they which have
seen
him shall
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.
9
The
eye
also which
saw
him shall see him no
more
; neither shall his
place
any more
behold
him.
10
His
children
[c]
shall seek to
please
the
poor,
and his
hands
shall
restore
their
goods.
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3
[a].
short: Heb. from near
[b].
clouds: Heb. cloud
[c].
His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children
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