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Job 20

New International Reader's Version NIRV

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied,

2 "My troubled thoughts force me to answer you. That's because I'm very upset.

3 What you have just said makes fun of me. So I really have to reply to you.

4 "I'm sure you must know how things have always been. They've been that way ever since man was placed on this earth.

5 Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.

6 Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens. Their heads might touch the clouds.

7 But they will disappear forever, like the waste from their own bodies. Anyone who has seen them will say, 'Where did they go?'

8 Like a dream they will fly away. They will never be seen again. They will be driven away like visions in the night.

9 The eyes that saw them won't see them anymore. Even their own families won't remember them.

10 Their children must pay back what they took from poor people. Their own hands must give back the wealth they stole.

11 They might feel young and very strong. But they will soon lie down in the dust of their graves.

12 "Anything that is evil tastes sweet to them. They keep it under their tongues for a while.

13 They can't stand to let it go. So they hold it in their mouths.

14 But their food will turn sour in their stomachs. It will become like the poison of a serpent inside them.

15 They will spit out the rich food they swallowed. God will make their stomachs throw it up.

16 They will suck the poison of a serpent. The fangs of an adder will kill them.

17 They won't enjoy streams that flow with honey. They won't enjoy rivers that flow with cream.

18 What they worked for they must give back before they can eat it. They won't enjoy what they have earned.

19 They've crushed poor people and left them with nothing. They've taken over houses they didn't even build.

20 "No matter how much they have, they always long for more. But their treasure can't save them.

21 There isn't anything left for them to eat up. Their success won't last.

22 While they are enjoying the good life, trouble will catch up with them. Terrible suffering will come on them.

23 When they've filled their stomachs, God will pour out his burning anger on them. He'll strike them down with blow after blow.

24 They might run away from iron weapons. But arrows that have bronze tips will wound them.

25 They will pull the arrows out of their backs. They will remove the shining tips from their livers. They will be filled with terror.

26 Total darkness hides and waits for their treasures. God will send a fire that will destroy them. It will burn up everything that's left in their tents.

27 Heaven will show their guilt to everyone. The earth will be a witness against them.

28 A flood will carry their houses away. Rushing water will wash them away on the day when God judges.

29 Now you know what God will do to sinful people. Now you know what he has planned for them."

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.”