Job 20

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¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,

²Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.

³I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.

⁴Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,

⁵That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?

⁶Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,

⁷Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?

⁸He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,

⁹So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.

¹⁰His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.

¹¹His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.

¹²When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

¹³And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

¹⁴Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.

¹⁵He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.

¹⁶He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.

¹⁷He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.

¹⁸He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.

¹⁹For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.

²⁰Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.

²¹There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.

²²When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.

²³He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.

²⁴He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.

²⁵The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, and shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.

²⁶All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.

²⁷The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.

²⁸The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

²⁹This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.

Job 20

¹Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

²Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

³I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

⁴Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

⁵That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

⁶Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

⁷Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

⁸He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

⁹The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

¹⁰His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

¹¹His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

¹²Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;

¹³Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

¹⁴Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

¹⁵He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

¹⁶He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

¹⁷He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

¹⁸That 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.

¹⁹Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

²⁰Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

²¹There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

²²In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

²³When 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.

²⁴He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

²⁵It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

²⁶All 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.

²⁷The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

²⁸The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

²⁹This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.