Job 20
Reading Job chapter 20 in the World English Bible, public-domain text from 2000.
Verses 1–10
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
3 I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.
4 Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,
5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7 yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more.
10 His children will seek the favour of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.
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