Job:20

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* And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said , * Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer , even because of my haste in me . * I have heard the rebuke meant to shame me , and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer . * Do you know this from [days ] of old , from the setting of man on earth , * that the exulting of the wicked [is ] short , and the joy of the ungodly [is ] for a moment ? * Though his honor mounts up to the heavens , and his head reaches to the clouds , * he shall perish forever like his dung ; they who see him shall say , Where [is ] he ? * He flies away like a dream , and shall not be found , and shall be chased away like a vision of the night . * An eye glimpsed him , but will not again ; yea , his place shall not see him again . * His sons shall seek to please the poor , and his hands shall restore his wealth . * His bones are full of his youthful vigor , but it lies down with him in the dust . * Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth , [though ] he hides it under his tongue ; * [though ] he spares it and will not leave it ; yea , keeps it still in his mouth ; * [yet ] his food in his belly shall be turned ; the gall of asps [is ] within him . * He swallows riches , but vomits it ; God shall cast them out of his belly . * He shall suck the poison of asps ; the viper 's tongue shall slay him . * He shall not see the rivers , the flowings of the brooks of honey and butter , * giving back his gain , and he will not eat . As to the wealth of his trading , even he shall not enjoy [it ]. * For he pressed down [and ] forsook the poor ; he stole a house , but he had not built it . * Surely he shall not know quietness in his belly ; he will not escape with the things of desire . * None of his food shall be left ; therefore his good will not last . * In the fullness of his plenty he shall be in trouble ; every wretched one shall come on him . * It shall happen at the filling of his belly , [God ] shall cast the fury of His wrath on him , and He shall rain on him while he is eating . * He shall flee from the iron weapon , a bow of bronze shall pierce him . * One draws it , and treads it from behind , even lightning from his gall ; terror [is ] on him . * All darkness [shall be ] hidden in his secret places ; a fire not blown shall consume him ; those left in his tent shall be broken . * The heavens shall reveal his iniquity , and the earth rise up against him . * The increase of his house shall depart , and shall flow [away ] in the day of his wrath . * This [is ] the portion of a wicked man from God , and the inheritance of his word from God .

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