Job 20

1 ♥ 📝 T hen answered^H6030 Zophar^H6691 the Naamathite,^H5284 and said,^H559

2 ♥ 📝 Therefore do my thoughts^H5587 give answer^H7725 to me, Even by reason of my haste^H2363 that is in me.

3 ♥ 📝 I have heard^H8085 the reproof^H4148 which putteth me to shame;^H3639 And the spirit^H7307 of my understanding^H998 answereth^H6030 me.

4 ♥ 📝 Knowest^H3045 thou [not] this of old^H5703 time, Since man^H120 was placed^H7760 upon earth,^H776

5 ♥ 📝 That the triumphing^H7445 of the wicked^H7563 is short,^H7138 And the joy^H8057 of the godless^H2611 but for a moment?^H7281

6 ♥ 📝 Though his height^H7863 mount up^H5927 to the heavens,^H8064 And his head^H7218 reach^H5060 unto the clouds;^H5645

7 ♥ 📝 Yet he shall perish^H6 for ever^H5331 like his own dung:^H1561 They that have seen^H7200 him shall say,^H559 Where^H335 is he?

8 ♥ 📝 He shall fly away^H5774 as a dream,^H2472 and shall not be found:^H4672 Yea, he shall be chased away^H5074 as a vision^H2384 of the night.^H3915

9 ♥ 📝 The eye^H5869 which saw^H7805 him shall see him no more;^H3254 Neither shall his place^H4725 any more behold^H7789 him.

10 ♥ 📝 His children^H1121 shall seek the favor^H7521 of the poor,^H1800 And his hands^H3027 shall give back^H7725 his wealth.^H202

11 ♥ 📝 His bones^H6106 are full^H4390 of his youth,^H5934 But it shall lie down^H7901 with him in the dust.^H6083

12 ♥ 📝 Though wickedness^H7451 be sweet^H4985 in his mouth,^H6310 Though he hide^H3582 it under his tongue,^H3956

13 ♥ 📝 Though he spare^H2550 it, and will not let it go,^H5800 But keep it still^H4513 within^H8432 his mouth;^H2441

14 ♥ 📝 Yet his food^H3899 in his bowels^H4578 is turned,^H2015 It is the gall^H4846 of asps^H6620 within^H7130 him.

15 ♥ 📝 He hath swallowed down^H1104 riches,^H2428 and he shall vomit them up again;^H6958 God^H410 will cast them out^H3423 of his belly.^H990

16 ♥ 📝 He shall suck^H3243 the poison^H7219 of asps:^H6620 The viper's^H660 tongue^H3956 shall slay^H2026 him.

17 ♥ 📝 He shall not look^H7200 upon the rivers,^H6390 The flowing^H5104 streams^H6390 of honey^H1706 and butter.^H2529

18 ♥ 📝 That which he labored^H3022 for shall he restore,^H7725 and shall not swallow it down;^H1104 According to the substance^H2428 that he hath gotten,^H8545 he shall not rejoice.^H5965

19 ♥ 📝 For he hath oppressed^H7533 and forsaken^H5800 the poor;^H1800 He hath violently taken away^H1497 a house,^H1004 and he shall not build^H1129 it up.

20 ♥ 📝 Because he knew^H3045 no quietness^H7961 within him,^H990 He shall not save^H4422 aught of that wherein he delighteth.^H2530

21 ♥ 📝 There was nothing^H400 left^H8300 that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity^H2898 shall not endure.^H2342

22 ♥ 📝 In the fulness^H4390 of his sufficiency^H5607 he shall be in straits:^H3334 The hand^H3027 of every one that is in misery^H6001 shall come^H935 upon him.

23 ♥ 📝 When he is about to fill^H4390 his belly,^H990 [God] will cast^H7971 the fierceness^H2740 of his wrath^H639 upon him, And will rain^H4305 it upon him while he is eating.^H3894

24 ♥ 📝 He shall flee^H1272 from the iron^H1270 weapon,^H5402 And the bow^H7198 of brass^H5154 shall strike him through.^H2498

25 ♥ 📝 He draweth^H8025 it forth, and it cometh out^H3318 of his body;^H1465 Yea, the glittering point^H1300 cometh out^H1980 of his gall:^H4846 Terrors^H367 are upon him.

26 ♥ 📝 All darkness^H2822 is laid^H2934 up for his treasures:^H6845 A fire^H784 not blown^H5301 [by man] shall devour^H398 him; It shall consume^H3415 that which is left^H8300 in his tent.^H168

27 ♥ 📝 The heavens^H8064 shall reveal^H1540 his iniquity,^H5771 And the earth^H776 shall rise up^H6965 against him.

28 ♥ 📝 The increase^H2981 of his house^H1004 shall depart;^H1540 [His goods] shall flow away^H5064 in the day^H3117 of his wrath.^H639

29 ♥ 📝 This is the portion^H2506 of a wicked^H7563 man^H120 from God,^H430 And the heritage^H5159 appointed^H561 unto him by God.^H410