Job 20 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 20

Then Zophar

the Naamathite

replied:

“For this reason

my anxious thoughts

compel me to answer,

because

of the turmoil

within me.

I have heard

a rebuke

that insults me,

and my understanding

makes me reply.

Do you not know

that from

antiquity,

since

man

was placed

on

the earth,

the triumph

of the wicked

has been brief

and the joy

of the godless

momentary?

Though

his arrogance

reaches

the heavens,

and his head

touches

the clouds,

he will perish

forever,

like his own dung;

those who had seen him

will ask,

‘Where is he?’

He will fly away

like a dream,

never

to be found;

he will be chased away

like a vision

in the night.

The eye

that saw him

will see him no

more,

and his place

will no

longer

behold him.

His sons

will seek the favor

of the poor,

for his own hands

must return

his wealth.

The youthful vigor

that fills

his bones

will lie down

with

him in

the dust.

Though

evil

is sweet

in his mouth

and he conceals

it under

his tongue,

though he cannot bear

to let it go

and keeps

it in

his mouth,

yet his food

will sour

in his stomach

to the venom

of cobras

within him.

He swallows

wealth

but vomits it out;

God

will force it

from his stomach.

He will suck

the poison

of cobras;

the fangs

of a viper

will kill him.

He will not

enjoy

the streams,

the rivers

flowing with

honey

and cream.

He must return

the fruit of his labor

without

consuming it;

he cannot

enjoy

the profits

of his trading.

For

he has oppressed

and forsaken

the poor;

he has seized

houses

he did not

build.

Because

his appetite

is never

satisfied,

he cannot

escape

with his treasure.

Nothing

is left

for him to consume;

therefore,

his prosperity

will not

endure.

In the midst

of his plenty,

he will be distressed;

the full

force

of misery

will come upon him.

When he

has filled

his stomach,

God will vent

His fury

upon him,

raining it down

on him

as he eats.

Though he flees

from an iron

weapon,

a bronze-tipped

arrow

will pierce him.

It is drawn

out of

his back,

the gleaming point

out of his liver.

Terrors

come

over him.

Total

darkness

is reserved

for his treasures.

A fire

unfanned

will consume him

and devour what is left

in his tent.

The heavens

will expose

his iniquity,

and the earth

will rise up

against him.

The possessions

of his house

will be removed,

flowing away

on the day

of God’s wrath.

This

is the wicked

man’s

portion

from God,

the inheritance

God

has appointed him.”

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