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Job 20

Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX

1 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,

2 I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.

3 I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

4 Hast thou known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?

5 But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

6 although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

7 For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?

8 Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

9 The eye has looked upon him, but shall not again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

10 Let inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.

11 His bones have been filled with his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though evil be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue;

13 though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

14 yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.

15 wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger shall drag him out of his house.

16 And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

17 Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.

18 He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, wealth of which he shall not taste: as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

19 For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built not.

20 There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

21 There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.

22 But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

23 If by any means he would fill his belly, let send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

24 And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

25 And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

26 And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

27 And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

28 Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.

29 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods by the all-seeing .

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.”