Job 20 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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

Job 20:1

Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite [fn]answered,

Job 20:2

Job 20:2“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me [fn]respond,
Even because of my [fn]inward agitation.

Job 20:3

Job 20:3“I listened to the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

Job 20:4

Job 20:4“Do you know this from of old,
From the establishment of man on earth,

Job 20:5

Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:6

Job 20:6“Though his loftiness [fn]reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7

Job 20:7He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:8

Job 20:8“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

Job 20:9

Job 20:9“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And his place no longer beholds him.

Job 20:10

Job 20:10“His sons [fn]favor the poor,
And his hands give back his wealth.

Job 20:11

Job 20:11“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him [fn]in the dust.

Job 20:12

Job 20:12“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,

Job 20:13

Job 20:13Though he [fn]desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his [fn]mouth,

Job 20:14

Job 20:14Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the [fn]venom of cobras within him.

Job 20:15

Job 20:15“He swallows riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

Job 20:16

Job 20:16“He sucks the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue slays him.

Job 20:17

Job 20:17“He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

Job 20:18

Job 20:18“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

Job 20:19

Job 20:19“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

Job 20:20

Job 20:20“Because he knew no quiet [fn]within him,
He does not retain anything he desires.

Job 20:21

Job 20:21“Nothing remains [fn]for him to devour,
Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

Job 20:22

Job 20:22“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

Job 20:23

Job 20:23“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it on him [fn]while he is eating.

Job 20:24

Job 20:24“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

Job 20:25

Job 20:25“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from his gall.
Terrors come upon him,

Job 20:26

Job 20:26Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

Job 20:27

Job 20:27“The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.

Job 20:28

Job 20:28“The increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.

Job 20:29

Job 20:29“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

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NASB95 Footnotes

(20:1)

Literally: answered and said

(20:2)

Literally: return

(20:2)

Literally: haste within me

(20:6)

Literally: goes up to

(20:10)

Or, seek the favor of

(20:11)

Literally: on

(20:13)

Literally: has compassion on

(20:13)

Literally: palate

(20:14)

Literally: gall

(20:20)

Literally: in his belly

(20:21)

Or, of what he devours

(20:23)

Or, as his food

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Job 20 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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

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