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Job 20 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:1 - Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:2 - I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:3 - I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:4 - Hast thou not known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:5 - But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:6 - although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:8 - Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:9 - The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:10 - Let his inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:11 - His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:12 - Though evil be sweet in his mouth, though he will hide it under his tongue;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:15 - His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:19 - For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:21 - There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:22 - But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:23 - If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:25 - And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:27 - And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:28 - Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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