Job 20

Zophar Speaks: Wickedness Receives Just Retribution

20Then Zophar the Naamathite answered:H6030H6691H5284H5592"Pay attention! My thoughts urge me to answer, because of the agitation within me.H5587H7725H23633I hear censure that insults me, and a spirit beyond my understanding answers me.H8085H4148H3639H7307H998H60304Do you not know this from of old, ever since mortals were placed on earth,H3045H5703H120H7760H7765that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?H7445H7563H7138H8057H2611H72816Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,H7863H5927H8064H7218H5060H56457they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, 'Where are they?'H6H5331H1561H7200H559H3358They will fly away like a dream, and not be found; they will be chased away like a vision of the night.H5774H2472H4672H5074H2384H39159The eye that saw them will see them no more, nor will their place behold them any longer.H5869H7805H3254H4725H778910Their children will seek the favor of the poor, and their hands will give back their wealth.H1121H7521H1800H3027H7725H20211Their bodies, once full of youth, will lie down in the dust with them.H6106H4390H5934H7901H608312"Though wickedness is sweet in their mouth, though they hide it under their tongues,H7451H4985H6310H3582H395613though they are loath to let it go, and hold it in their mouths,H2550H5800H4513H8432H244114yet their food is turned in their stomachs; it is the venom of asps within them.H3899H4578H2015H4846H6620H713015They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.H1104H2428H6958H410H3423H99016They will suck the poison of asps; the tongue of a viper will kill them.H3243H7219H6620H660H3956H202617They will not look on the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.H7200H6390H5104H5158H1706H252918They will give back the fruit of their toil, and will not swallow it down; from the profit of their trading they will get no enjoyment.H3022H7725H1104H2428H8545H596519For they have crushed and abandoned the poor, they have seized a house that they did not build.H7533H5800H1800H1497H1004H112920"They knew no quiet in their bellies; in their greed they let nothing escape.H3045H7961H990H4422H253021There was nothing left after they had eaten; therefore their prosperity will not endure.H400H8300H2342H289822In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.H4390H4390H5607H3334H3027H6001H93523To fill their belly to the full God will send his fierce anger into them, and rain it upon them as their food.H4390H990H7971H2740H639H4305H389424They will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike them through.H1272H1270H5402H7198H5154H249825It is drawn forth and comes out of their body, and the glittering point comes out of their gall; terrors come upon them.H8025H3318H1465H1300H1980H4846H36726Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.H2822H2934H6845H784H5301H398H3415H8300H16827The heavens will reveal their iniquity, and the earth will rise up against them.H8064H1540H5771H776H696528The possessions of their house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.H2981H1004H1540H5064H3117H63929This is the portion of the wicked from God, the heritage decreed for them by God."H2506H7563H120H430H5159H561H410