Thematic Bible
Job 20:1 (show verse)
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
Job 20:2 (show verse)
"Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me.
Job 20:3 (show verse)
I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
Job 20:4 (show verse)
Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth,
Job 20:5 (show verse)
that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Job 20:6 (show verse)
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
Job 20:7 (show verse)
he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Job 20:8 (show verse)
He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
Job 20:9 (show verse)
The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him.
Job 20:10 (show verse)
His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.
Job 20:11 (show verse)
His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.
Job 20:12 (show verse)
"Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue,
Job 20:13 (show verse)
though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth,
Job 20:14 (show verse)
yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him.
Job 20:15 (show verse)
He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
Job 20:16 (show verse)
He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
Job 20:17 (show verse)
He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds.
Job 20:18 (show verse)
He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment.
Job 20:19 (show verse)
For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.
Job 20:20 (show verse)
"Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
Job 20:21 (show verse)
There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.
Job 20:22 (show verse)
In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
Job 20:23 (show verse)
To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
Job 20:24 (show verse)
He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through.
Job 20:25 (show verse)
It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him.
Job 20:26 (show verse)
Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.
Job 20:27 (show verse)
The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
Job 20:28 (show verse)
The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.
Job 20:29 (show verse)
This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God."