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Job 20

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Then Zophar from Naama replied [to Job],

2 "My disturbing thoughts make me answer, and because of them I am upset.

3 I have heard criticism that makes me ashamed, but a spirit beyond my understanding gives me answers.

4 "Don't you know that from ancient times, from the time humans were placed on earth,

5 the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?

6 If his height reaches to the sky and his head touches the clouds,

7 he will certainly rot like his own feces. Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.

9 Eyes that saw him will see him no more. His home will not look at him again.

10 His children will have to ask the poor for help. His own hands will have to give back his wealth.

11 His bones, once full of youthful vigor, will lie down with him in the dust.

12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue. . . .

13 Though he savors it and won't let go of it and he holds it on the roof of his mouth,

14 the food in his belly turns sour. It becomes snake venom in his stomach.

15 He vomits up the riches that he swallowed. God forces them out of his stomach.

16 The godless person sucks the poison of snakes. A viper's fang kills him.

17 He won't be able to drink from the streams or from the rivers of honey and buttermilk.

18 He will give back what he earned without enjoying it. He will get no joy from the profits of his business

19 because he crushed and abandoned the poor. He has taken by force a house that he didn't build.

20 He will never know peace in his heart. He will never allow anything he desires to escape [his grasp].

21 "Nothing is left for him to eat. His prosperity won't last.

22 [Even] with all his wealth the full force of misery comes down on him.

23 Let that misery fill his belly. [God] throws his burning anger at the godless person and makes his wrath come down on him like rain.

24 If that person flees from an iron weapon, a bronze bow will pierce him.

25 He pulls it out, and it comes out of his back. The glittering point comes out of his gallbladder. "Terrors come quickly to the godless person:

26 Total darkness waits in hiding for his treasure. A fire that no one fans will burn him. Whatever is left in his tent will be devoured.

27 Heaven exposes his sin. Earth rises up against him.

28 A flood will sweep away his house, a flash flood on the day of his anger.

29 This is the reward God gives to the wicked person, the inheritance God has appointed for him."

New International Version NIV

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.

3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth,

5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

21 Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.

23 When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.

24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

25 He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;

26 total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

27 The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.

28 A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”