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Job 20

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2 This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer, because I am upset!

3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding makes me reply.

4 Don't you know that ever since antiquity, from [the time] man was placed on earth,

5 the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds,

7 he will vanish forever like his own dung. Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?"

8 He will fly away like a dream and never be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

9 The eye that saw him will see [him] no more, and his household will no longer see him.

10 His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth.

11 His bones may be full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the grave.

12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

13 though he cherishes it and will not let it go but keeps it in his mouth,

14 yet the food in his stomach turns into cobras' venom inside him.

15 He swallows wealth but must vomit it up; God will force it from his stomach.

16 He will suck the poison of cobras; a viper's fangs will kill him.

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

18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming [it]; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading.

19 For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build.

20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not escape his desires.

21 Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last.

22 At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him.

23 When he fills his stomach, God will send His burning anger against him, raining [it] down on him while he is eating.

24 If he flees from an iron weapon, [an arrow from] a bronze bow will pierce him.

25 He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him.

26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned [by human hands] will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent.

27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

28 The possessions in his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God's anger.

29 This is the wicked man's lot from God, the inheritance God ordained for him.

English Standard Version ESV

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:

2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.

3 I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.

4 Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth,

5 that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

7 he will perish forever like his own dung; 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 of the night.

9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.

10 His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.

11 His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

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

13 though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,

14 yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him.

15 He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.

17 He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.

18 He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.

19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.

20 “Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

21 There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.

22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

23 To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.

24 He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through.

25 It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him.

26 Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.

27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

28 The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath.

29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God. ”