Job 20:1 Then answered6030 Zophar6691 the Naamathite,5284 and said,559 cr 2 Therefore do my thoughts5587 cause me to answer,7725 and for this I make haste.2363{Heb. my haste is in me} cr 3 I have heard8085 the check4148 of my reproach,3639 and the spirit7307 of my understanding998 causeth me to answer.6030 cr 4 Knowest3045 thou not this of old,5703 since man120 was placed7760 upon earth,776 cr 5 That the triumphing7445 of the wicked7563 is short,7138{Heb. from near} and the joy8057 of the hypocrite2611 but for a moment?7281 cr 6 Though his excellency7863 mount up5927 to the heavens,8064 and his head7218 reach5060 unto the clouds;5645{Heb. cloud} cr 7 Yet he shall perish6 for ever5331 like his own dung:1561 they which have seen7200 him shall say,559 Where335 is he? cr 8 He shall fly away5774 as a dream,2472 and shall not be found:4672 yea, he shall be chased away5074 as a vision2384 of the night.3915 cr 9 The eye5869 also which saw7805 him shall see him no more;3254 neither shall his place4725 any more behold7789 him. cr 10 His children1121 shall seek to please7521 the poor,1800{Or, the poor shall oppress his children} and his hands3027 shall restore7725 their goods.202 cr 11 His bones6106 are full4390 of the sin of his youth,5934 which shall lie down7901 with him in the dust.6083 cr 12 Though wickedness7451 be sweet4985 in his mouth,6310 though he hide3582 it under his tongue;3956 cr 13 Though he spare2550 it, and forsake5800 it not; but keep it still4513 within8432 his mouth:2441{Heb. in the midst of his palate} cr 14 Yet his meat3899 in his bowels4578 is turned,2015 it is the gall4846 of asps6620 within7130 him. cr 15 He hath swallowed down1104 riches,2428 and he shall vomit them up again:6958 God410 shall cast them out3423 of his belly.990 cr 16 He shall suck3243 the poison7219 of asps:6620 the viper's660 tongue3956 shall slay2026 him. cr 17 He shall not see7200 the rivers,6390 the floods,5104 the brooks5158{Or, streaming brooks} of honey1706 and butter.2529 cr 18 That which he laboured3022 for shall he restore,7725 and shall not swallow it down:1104 according to his substance2428 shall the restitution8545 be,{Heb. according to the substance of his exchange} and he shall not rejoice5965 therein. cr 19 Because he hath oppressed7533{Heb. crushed} and hath forsaken5800 the poor;1800 because he hath violently taken away1497 an house1004 which he builded1129 not; cr 20 Surely he shall not feel3045{Heb. know} quietness7961 in his belly,990 he shall not save4422 of that which he desired.2530 cr 21 There shall none of his meat400 be left;8300{Or, there shall be none left for his meats} therefore shall no man look2342 for his goods.2898 cr 22 In the fulness4390 4390 of his sufficiency5607 he shall be in straits:3334 every hand3027 of the wicked6001{Or, troublesome} shall come935 upon him. cr 23 When he is about to fill4390 his belly,990 God shall cast7971 the fury2740 of his wrath639 upon him, and shall rain4305 it upon him while he is eating.3894 cr 24 He shall flee1272 from the iron1270 weapon,5402 and the bow7198 of steel5154 shall strike him through.2498 cr 25 It is drawn,8025 and cometh out3318 of the body;1465 yea, the glittering sword1300 cometh out1980 of his gall:4846 terrors367 are upon him. cr 26 All darkness2822 shall be hid2934 in his secret places:6845 a fire784 not blown5301 shall consume398 him; it shall go ill3415 with him that is left8300 in his tabernacle.168 cr 27 The heaven8064 shall reveal1540 his iniquity;5771 and the earth776 shall rise up6965 against him. cr 28 The increase2981 of his house1004 shall depart,1540 and his goods shall flow away5064 in the day3117 of his wrath.639 cr 29 This is the portion2506 of a wicked7563 man120 from God,430 and the heritage5159 appointed561 unto him by God.410{Heb. of his decree from God} cr