Job Chapter 20
Job is the 18th book in the Holy Bible.
This page contains Job 20:1 to Job 20:9.
Browse to all the verses of Job by clicking the page number below the chapter list.
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Job 20:1
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
Job 20:2
"Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.
Job 20:3
"I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.
Job 20:4
"Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth,
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?
Job 20:6
"Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,
Job 20:7
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
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
"The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.
Job 20:10
"His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.
Job 20:11
"His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.
Job 20:12
"Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,
Job 20:13
Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth,
Job 20:14
Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.
Job 20:15
"He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.
Job 20:16
"He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him.
Job 20:17
"He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
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
"For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.
Job 20:20
"Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.
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