| 20 | Job | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Then Zophar the Na'amathite answered: | Zophar. Jb.20.1-29 | ||
| "Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. | |||
| I hear censure which insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. | |||
| Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed upon earth, | |||
| that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? | |||
| Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, | |||
| he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' | |||
| He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. | |||
| The eye which saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him. | |||
| His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth. | |||
| His bones are full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. | |||
| "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, | |||
| though he is loath to let it go, and holds it in his mouth, | |||
| yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the gall of asps within him. | |||
| He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. | |||
| He will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill him. | |||
| He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. | |||
| 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. | |||
| For he has crushed and abandoned the poor, he has seized a house which he did not build. | |||
| "Because his greed knew no rest, he will not save anything in which he delights. | |||
| There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure. | |||
| In the fulness of his sufficiency he will be in straits; all the force of misery will come upon him. | |||
| To fill his belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into him, and rain it upon him as his food. | |||
| He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through. | |||
| It is drawn forth and comes out of his body, the glittering point comes out of his gall; terrors come upon him. | |||
| Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown upon will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed. | |||
| The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. | |||
| The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath. | |||
| This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God." | |||
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