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| JobChapter 20 | 
| 1 THEN Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said, | 
| 2 Therefore my discipline has caused me to discern, and for my help it has remained with me. | 
| 3 I will make you hear the instruction of my discipline, and the spirit of my understanding will cause me to answer. | 
| 4 This I know from of old, since man was created upon the earth, | 
| 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment. | 
| 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach to the clouds, | 
| 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like a whirlwind; those who have seen him shall say, Where is he? | 
| 8 He shall fly away like a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. | 
| 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall they see his place again. | 
| 10 His children shall be crushed with poverty, and he shall stretch out his hands toward them. | 
| 11 His bones are full of marrow, but they shall lie down with him in the dust. | 
| 12 Though his wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide deceit under his tongue, | 
| 13 Though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still in his mouth; | 
| 14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. | 
| 15 The riches which he had swallowed down, he shall vomit up out of his belly; and God shall destroy him. | 
| 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the tongue of an adder shall slay him. | 
| 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. | 
| 18 That which he had labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; that which he had acquired by extortion he shall not enjoy; | 
| 19 Because he has thought to forsake the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he did not build. | 
| 20 Because he knew no justice himself, he shall not be spared by his covetousness. | 
| 21 There shall none of his posterity be spared; therefore his good will not be remembered. | 
| 22 With the measure with which he had measured, he shall be recompensed; the hand of the wicked shall come upon him. | 
| 23 May his posterity go to destruction, may God cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and deluge him while he wars against him. | 
| 24 For although he had escaped because of the breastplate of iron, the bow of brass shall pierce him through. | 
| 25 It is drawn, and it brings forth his inward parts; and the skin of his gall shall be pierced; terror shall be upon him continually. | 
| 26 All darkness is kept in store for his posterity; a blazing fire shall consume him; and the one who is left in his tent shall be destroyed. | 
| 27 The heaven shall reveal his sins; and the earth avenge itself upon him. | 
| 28 The foundations of his house shall be left bare and he shall be scourged in the day of his wrath. | 
| 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him from the Highest. | 
| JobChapter 20 | JobChapter 20 | 
| 1  | 1 THEN Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said, | 
| 2  | 2 Therefore my discipline has caused me to discern, and for my help it has remained with me. | 
| 3  | 3 I will make you hear the instruction of my discipline, and the spirit of my understanding will cause me to answer. | 
| 4  | 4 This I know from of old, since man was created upon the earth, | 
| 5  | 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment. | 
| 6  | 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach to the clouds, | 
| 7  | 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like a whirlwind; those who have seen him shall say, Where is he? | 
| 8  | 8 He shall fly away like a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. | 
| 9  | 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall they see his place again. | 
| 10  | 10 His children shall be crushed with poverty, and he shall stretch out his hands toward them. | 
| 11  | 11 His bones are full of marrow, but they shall lie down with him in the dust. | 
| 12  | 12 Though his wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide deceit under his tongue, | 
| 13  | 13 Though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still in his mouth; | 
| 14  | 14 Yet his food in his stomach is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. | 
| 15  | 15 The riches which he had swallowed down, he shall vomit up out of his belly; and God shall destroy him. | 
| 16  | 16 He shall suck the poison of asps; the tongue of an adder shall slay him. | 
| 17  | 17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. | 
| 18  | 18 That which he had labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; that which he had acquired by extortion he shall not enjoy; | 
| 19  | 19 Because he has thought to forsake the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he did not build. | 
| 20  | 20 Because he knew no justice himself, he shall not be spared by his covetousness. | 
| 21  | 21 There shall none of his posterity be spared; therefore his good will not be remembered. | 
| 22  | 22 With the measure with which he had measured, he shall be recompensed; the hand of the wicked shall come upon him. | 
| 23  | 23 May his posterity go to destruction, may God cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and deluge him while he wars against him. | 
| 24  | 24 For although he had escaped because of the breastplate of iron, the bow of brass shall pierce him through. | 
| 25  | 25 It is drawn, and it brings forth his inward parts; and the skin of his gall shall be pierced; terror shall be upon him continually. | 
| 26  | 26 All darkness is kept in store for his posterity; a blazing fire shall consume him; and the one who is left in his tent shall be destroyed. | 
| 27  | 27 The heaven shall reveal his sins; and the earth avenge itself upon him. | 
| 28  | 28 The foundations of his house shall be left bare and he shall be scourged in the day of his wrath. | 
| 29  | 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him from the Highest. |