Job 20 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Zophar Says, "The Triumph of the Wicked Is Short"

Job 20:1

Job 20:1Then Tzofar the Na`amatite answered,

Job 20:2

Job 20:2"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.

Job 20:3

Job 20:3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.

Job 20:4

Job 20:4Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on eretz,

Job 20:5

Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?

Job 20:6

Job 20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,

Job 20:7

Job 20:7Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

Job 20:8

Job 20:8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

Job 20:9

Job 20:9The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.

Job 20:10

Job 20:10His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

Job 20:11

Job 20:11His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12

Job 20:12"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

Job 20:13

Job 20:13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

Job 20:14

Job 20:14Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.

Job 20:15

Job 20:15He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

Job 20:16

Job 20:16He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

Job 20:17

Job 20:17He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.

Job 20:18

Job 20:18That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.

Job 20:19

Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

Job 20:20

Job 20:20"Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

Job 20:21

Job 20:21There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Job 20:22

Job 20:22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

Job 20:23

Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

Job 20:24

Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.

Job 20:25

Job 20:25He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.

Job 20:26

Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Job 20:27

Job 20:27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The eretz shall rise up against him.

Job 20:28

Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.

Job 20:29

Job 20:29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."

The Hebrew Names Version is based off the World English Bible, an update of the American Standard Version of 1901. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 20 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Zophar Says, "The Triumph of the Wicked Is Short"

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