1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, ASV — Job 20:1
2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. ASV — Job 20:2
3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. ASV — Job 20:3
4 Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, ASV — Job 20:4
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? ASV — Job 20:5
6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; ASV — Job 20:6
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? ASV — Job 20:7
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. ASV — Job 20:8
9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. ASV — Job 20:9
10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. ASV — Job 20:10
11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. ASV — Job 20:11
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, ASV — Job 20:12
13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; ASV — Job 20:13
14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. ASV — Job 20:14
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. ASV — Job 20:15
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper`s tongue shall slay him. ASV — Job 20:16
17 He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. ASV — Job 20:17
18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. ASV — Job 20:18
19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. ASV — Job 20:19
20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. ASV — Job 20:20
21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. ASV — Job 20:21
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. ASV — Job 20:22
23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. ASV — Job 20:23
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. ASV — Job 20:24
25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. ASV — Job 20:25
26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. ASV — Job 20:26
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. ASV — Job 20:27
28 The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. ASV — Job 20:28
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God. ASV — Job 20:29