Job:20

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* Then answered Zophar the Naamathite , and said : * For this do my thoughts lead me to reply , And for this is my ardor within me . * I have heard my shameful rebuke ; And the spirit , from my understanding , answereth for me . * Knowest thou not , that from the days of old , From the time when man was placed upon the earth , * The triumphing of the wicked hath been short , And the joy of the impious but for a moment ? * Though his greatness mount up to the heavens , And his head reach to the clouds , * Yet shall he perish for ever , and be mingled with dust ; They who saw him shall say , Where is he ? * He shall flee away like a dream , and shall not be found ; Yea , he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh . * The eye also which saw him shall see him no more , And his dwelling –place shall never more behold him . * His sons shall seek the favor of the poor , And their hands shall give back his wealth . * His bones are full of his youth , But they shall lie down with him in the dust . * Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth , Though he hide it under his tongue , * Though he cherish it , and will not part with it , And keep it fast in his mouth , * Yet his meat shall be changed within him , And become to him the poison of asps . * He hath glutted himself with riches , And he shall throw them up again ; Yea , God shall cast them out of his body . * He shall suck the poison of asps ; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him . * He shall never see the flowing streams , And the rivers of honey and milk . * The fruits of his toil he shall give back , and shall not enjoy them : It is substance to be restored , and he shall not rejoice therein . * Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor , And seized upon the house which he did not build ; * Because he knew no rest in his bosom , He shall not save that in which he delighteth . * Because nothing escaped his greediness , His prosperity shall not endure . * In the fulness of his abundance he shall be brought low ; Every hand of the wretched shall come upon him . * He shall , indeed , have wherewith to fill himself : God shall send upon him the fury of his anger , And rain it down upon him for his food . * If he fleeth from the iron weapon , The bow of brass shall pierce him through . * He draweth the arrow , and it cometh forth from his body ; Yea , the glittering steel cometh out of his gall . Terrors are upon him ; * Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him . A fire not blown shall consume him ; It shall consume whatever is left in his tent . * The heavens shall reveal his iniquity , And the earth shall rise up against him . * The substance of his house shall disappear ; It shall flow away in the day of His wrath . * Such is the portion of the wicked man from God , And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty .

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