Thematic Bible
Job 20:1 (show verse)
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job 20:2 (show verse)
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Job 20:3 (show verse)
I have heard the rebuke of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
Job 20:4 (show verse)
Know you not this of old, since man was placed upon the earth,
Job 20:5 (show verse)
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Ambition » Vanity of
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is short
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is short
Happiness/joy » The joy of the hypocrite
Hypocrites » Joy of, but for a moment
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief
Victory/overcoming » The triumphing of the wicked
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Earthly » Joy joy » Joy, earthly
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is short
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is short
Happiness/joy » The joy of the hypocrite
Hypocrites » Joy of, but for a moment
Joy » Earthly » General references to
Joy » Of the wicked
Joy » Of the wicked » Is short-lived
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Sinners » Disowned » Joy of, brief
Victory/overcoming » The triumphing of the wicked
Wicked people » Prosperity of
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 20:6 (show verse)
Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds;
Job 20:7 (show verse)
Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job 20:8 (show verse)
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Ambition » Vanity of
Dream » Evanescent
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Dreams » Often by imaginary
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Wicked people » Compared with » Visions of the night
Wicked, the, are compared to » Visions of the night
Dream » Evanescent
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Dreams » Often by imaginary
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Wicked people » Compared with » Visions of the night
Wicked, the, are compared to » Visions of the night
Job 20:9 (show verse)
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job 20:10 (show verse)
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Job 20:11 (show verse)
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job 20:12 (show verse)
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
Job 20:13 (show verse)
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Job 20:14 (show verse)
Yet his food in his body is soured, it is the gall of asps within him.
Job 20:15 (show verse)
He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
Job 20:16 (show verse)
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Are multiplied
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
Asp » A venomous serpent
or adder Asp » Described as » Venomous
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Reptiles » Vipers
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite
Serpent » Venom of
Sin » Pleasures of
Viper » A serpent
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Animals » Lions » Vipers, poisonous serpents
Asp » A venomous serpent
or adder Asp » Described as » Venomous
Oppression » Those that oppress the poor
Reptiles » Vipers
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Spend, upon their appetite
Serpent » Venom of
Sin » Pleasures of
Viper » A serpent
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 20:17 (show verse)
He shall not see the rivers, the brooks flowing with honey and butter.
Job 20:18 (show verse)
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: from the proceeds of business he shall not rejoice.
Job 20:19 (show verse)
Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;
Job 20:20 (show verse)
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his heart, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Job 20:21 (show verse)
There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Job 20:22 (show verse)
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job 20:23 (show verse)
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Job 20:24 (show verse)
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.
Job 20:25 (show verse)
It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yea, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job 20:26 (show verse)
All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
Job 20:27 (show verse)
The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
Job 20:28 (show verse)
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Job 20:29 (show verse)
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.