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Job 20

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said,

2 My thoughts certainly cause me to answer, and therefore, I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my intelligence causes me to answer.

4 Dost thou not know this that always was, since man was placed upon earth,

5 that the triumphing of the wicked <em>is</em> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <em>but</em> for a moment?

6 Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds,

7 <em>yet</em> he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him?

8 He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: <em>yea</em>, he shall flee away as a vision of the night.

9 The eye <em>which</em> saw him shall <em>see him</em> no more; neither shall his place behold him any more.

10 His poor sons shall go forth begging, and their hands shall restore that which he stole.

11 His bones are full <em>of the sins</em> of his youth, which shall be buried with him in the dust.

12 If wickedness was sweet in his mouth, if he hid it under his tongue,

13 if it seemed good unto him, and he did not forsake it, but savored it within his mouth,

14 his food shall be changed in his bowels, <em>it shall be</em> the gall of asps within him.

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

16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

18 He shall restore the work <em>that was not his</em>; according to the substance that he took; neither shall he devour, nor rejoice.

19 Because he oppressed <em>and</em> forsook the poor; <em>because</em> he has violently taken away houses which he did not build,

20 therefore, he shall not feel quietness in his belly; he shall not escape with that which he desired.

21 Nothing is left that he did not eat; therefore, his goods shall not last.

22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, he shall come into anguish; the hands of all the wicked shall come upon him.

23 <em>When</em> he is about to fill his belly, <em>God</em> shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him and shall rain <em>it</em> upon him and upon his food.

24 He shall flee from the weapons of iron, <em>and</em> the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

25 He shall draw forth <em>an arrow</em> from his quiver, and <em>like</em> lightning it shall strike through his gall; terrors shall come upon him.

26 All darkness is kept for his secrets; a fire not blown shall consume him; his successor shall be broken in his tent.

27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

28 The increase of his house shall be taken captive; they shall be scattered in the day of his wrath.

29 This <em>is</em> the portion of a wicked man from God and the heritage that God appoints unto him by his word.

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.”