Job:20

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* Then Zophar the Naamathite answered , and said , * Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer , even because of my haste that is in me . * I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame , and the spirit of my understanding answers me . * Know thou this of old time , since man was placed upon earth , * that the triumphing of the wicked is short , and the joy of the profane but for a moment ? * Though his height mounts up to the heavens , and his head reaches to the clouds , * yet he shall perish forever like his own dung . Those who have seen him shall say , Where is he ? * He shall fly away as a dream , and shall not be found . Yea , he shall be chased away as a vision of the night . * The eye which saw him shall see him no more , neither shall his place any more behold him . * His sons shall seek the favor of the poor , and his hands shall give back his wealth . * His bones are full of his youth , but it shall lie down with him in the dust . * Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth , though he hide it under his tongue , * though he spares it , and will not let it go , but keep it still within his mouth , * yet his food in his bowels is turned . It is the gall of asps within him . * He has swallowed down riches , and he shall vomit them up again . God will cast them out of his belly . * He shall suck the poison of asps . The viper 's tongue shall kill him . * He shall not look upon the rivers , the flowing streams of honey and butter . * That which he labored for shall he restore , and shall not swallow it down . According to the substance that he has gotten , he shall not rejoice . * For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor . He has violently taken away a house , and he shall not build it up . * Because he knew no quietness within him , he shall not save any of that in which he delights . * There was nothing left that he did not devour , therefore his prosperity shall not endure . * In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits . The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him . * 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 . * He shall flee from the iron weapon , and the bow of brass shall strike him through . * He draws it forth , and it comes out of his body , yea , the glittering point comes out of his gall . Terrors are upon him . * All darkness is laid up for his treasures . A fire not blown shall devour him . It shall consume that which is left in his tent . * The heavens shall reveal his iniquity , and the earth shall rise up against him . * The increase of his house shall depart , flowed away in the day of his wrath . * This is the portion of a wicked man from God , and the heritage appointed to him by God .

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