Job
Job
20:1
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Job
20:2
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste.
Job
Job
20:3
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
Job
Job
20:4
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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Job
20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
Job
Job
20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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Job
20:7
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
Job
Job
20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job
Job
20:9
The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job
Job
20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Job
Job
20:11
His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job
Job
20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
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Job
20:13
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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Job
20:14
[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
Job
Job
20:15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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Job
20:16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Job
Job
20:17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
Job
Job
20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
Job
Job
20:19
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Job
Job
20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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Job
20:21
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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Job
20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
Job
20:23
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
Job
Job
20:24
He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job
Job
20:25
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him.
Job
Job
20:26
All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Job
Job
20:27
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Job
Job
20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Job
Job
20:29
This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
