1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, WBS — Job 20:1
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. WBS — Job 20:2
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. WBS — Job 20:3
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, WBS — Job 20:4
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? WBS — Job 20:5
6 Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; WBS — Job 20:6
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he? WBS — Job 20:7
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. WBS — Job 20:8
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. WBS — Job 20:9
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. WBS — Job 20:10
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. WBS — Job 20:11
12 Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue; WBS — Job 20:12
13 Though he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: WBS — Job 20:13
14 Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. WBS — Job 20:14
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. WBS — Job 20:15
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him. WBS — Job 20:16
17 He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk. WBS — Job 20:17
18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. WBS — Job 20:18
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. WBS — Job 20:19
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. WBS — Job 20:20
21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. WBS — Job 20:21
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. WBS — Job 20:22
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. WBS — Job 20:23
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. WBS — Job 20:24
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. WBS — Job 20:25
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. WBS — Job 20:26
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. WBS — Job 20:27
28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. WBS — Job 20:28
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. WBS — Job 20:29