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

Job 20:1

Job 20:1Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,

Job 20:2

Job 20:2I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.

Job 20:3

Job 20:3I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

Job 20:4

Job 20:4Hast thou not known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?

Job 20:5

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

Job 20:6

Job 20:6although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

Job 20:7

Job 20:7For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?

Job 20:8

Job 20:8Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

Job 20:9

Job 20:9The eye has looked upon him, but shall not see him again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

Job 20:10

Job 20:10Let his inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.

Job 20:11

Job 20:11His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12

Job 20:12Though evil be sweet in his mouth, though he will hide it under his tongue;

Job 20:13

Job 20:13though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

Job 20:14

Job 20:14yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.

Job 20:15

Job 20:15His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.

Job 20:16

Job 20:16And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

Job 20:17

Job 20:17Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.

Job 20:18

Job 20:18He 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.

Job 20:19

Job 20:19For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

Job 20:20

Job 20:20There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

Job 20:21

Job 20:21There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.

Job 20:22

Job 20:22But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

Job 20:23

Job 20:23If 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.

Job 20:24

Job 20:24And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

Job 20:25

Job 20:25And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

Job 20:26

Job 20:26And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

Job 20:27

Job 20:27And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

Job 20:28

Job 20:28Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.

Job 20:29

Job 20:29This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.

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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