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Job 20
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Job 20 . 1
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:TOSKJob 20:1
Job 20 . 2
2 “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.TOSKJob 20:2
Job 20 . 3
3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.TOSKJob 20:3
Job 20 . 4
4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,TOSKJob 20:4
Job 20 . 5
5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?TOSKJob 20:5
Job 20 . 6
6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,TOSKJob 20:6
Job 20 . 7
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’TOSKJob 20:7
Job 20 . 8
8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.TOSKJob 20:8
Job 20 . 9
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.TOSKJob 20:9
Job 20 . 10
10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.TOSKJob 20:10
Job 20 . 11
11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.TOSKJob 20:11
Job 20 . 12
12 Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,TOSKJob 20:12
Job 20 . 13
13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,TOSKJob 20:13
Job 20 . 14
14 yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.TOSKJob 20:14
Job 20 . 15
15 He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.TOSKJob 20:15
Job 20 . 16
16 He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.TOSKJob 20:16
Job 20 . 17
17 He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.TOSKJob 20:17
Job 20 . 18
18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.TOSKJob 20:18
Job 20 . 19
19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.TOSKJob 20:19
Job 20 . 20
20 Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.TOSKJob 20:20
Job 20 . 21
21 Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.TOSKJob 20:21
Job 20 . 22
22 In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.TOSKJob 20:22
Job 20 . 23
23 When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.TOSKJob 20:23
Job 20 . 24
24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.TOSKJob 20:24
Job 20 . 25
25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.TOSKJob 20:25
Job 20 . 26
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.TOSKJob 20:26
Job 20 . 27
27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.TOSKJob 20:27
Job 20 . 28
28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.TOSKJob 20:28
Job 20 . 29
29 This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”TOSKJob 20:29