Job 20:1-29 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹Then answered6030 Zophar6691 the Naamathite5284, and said559,

²Therefore do my thoughts5587 cause me to answer7725, and for this I make haste2363. I make: Heb. my haste is in me

³I have heard8085 the check4148 of my reproach3639, and the spirit7307 of my understanding998 causeth me to answer6030.

⁴Knowest3045 thou not this of old5703, since man120 was placed7760 upon earth776,

⁵That the triumphing7445 of the wicked7563 is short7138, and the joy8057 of the hypocrite2611 but for a moment7281? short: Heb. from near

⁶Though his excellency7863 mount up5927 to the heavens8064, and his head7218 reach5060 unto the clouds5645; clouds: Heb. cloud

⁷Yet he shall perish6 for ever5331 like his own dung1561: they which have seen7200 him shall say559, Where335 is he?

⁸He shall fly away5774 as a dream2472, and shall not be found4672: yea, he shall be chased away5074 as a vision2384 of the night3915.

⁹The eye5869 also which saw7805 him shall see him no more3254; neither shall his place4725 any more behold7789 him.

¹⁰His children1121 shall seek to please7521 the poor1800, and his hands3027 shall restore7725 their goods202. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children

¹¹His bones6106 are full4390 of the sin of his youth5934, which shall lie down7901 with him in the dust6083.

¹²Though wickedness7451 be sweet4985 in his mouth6310, though he hide3582 it under his tongue3956;

¹³Though he spare2550 it, and forsake5800 it not; but keep it still4513 within8432 his mouth2441: within: Heb. in the midst of his palate

¹⁴Yet his meat3899 in his bowels4578 is turned2015, it is the gall4846 of asps6620 within7130 him.

¹⁵He hath swallowed down1104 riches2428, and he shall vomit them up again6958: God410 shall cast them out3423 of his belly990.

¹⁶He shall suck3243 the poison7219 of asps6620: the viper's660 tongue3956 shall slay2026 him.

¹⁷He shall not see7200 the rivers6390, the floods5104, the brooks5158 of honey1706 and butter2529. the floods: or, streaming brooks

¹⁸That which he laboured3022 for shall he restore7725, and shall not swallow it down1104: according to his substance2428 shall the restitution8545 be, and he shall not rejoice5965 therein. his: Heb. the substance of his exchange

¹⁹Because he hath oppressed7533 and hath forsaken5800 the poor1800; because he hath violently taken away1497 an house1004 which he builded1129 not; oppressed: Heb. crushed

²⁰Surely he shall not feel3045 quietness7961 in his belly990, he shall not save4422 of that which he desired2530. feel: Heb. know

²¹There shall none of his meat400 be left8300; therefore shall no man look2342 for his goods2898. none: or, be none left for his meat

²²In the fulness4390 4390 of his sufficiency5607 he shall be in straits3334: every hand3027 of the wicked6001 shall come935 upon him. wicked: or, troublesome

²³When he is about to fill4390 his belly990, God shall cast7971 the fury2740 of his wrath639 upon him, and shall rain4305 it upon him while he is eating3894.

²⁴He shall flee1272 from the iron1270 weapon5402, and the bow7198 of steel5154 shall strike him through2498.

²⁵It is drawn8025, and cometh out3318 of the body1465; yea, the glittering sword1300 cometh out1980 of his gall4846: terrors367 are upon him.

²⁶All darkness2822 shall be hid2934 in his secret places6845: a fire784 not blown5301 shall consume398 him; it shall go ill3415 with him that is left8300 in his tabernacle168.

²⁷The heaven8064 shall reveal1540 his iniquity5771; and the earth776 shall rise up6965 against him.

²⁸The increase2981 of his house1004 shall depart1540, and his goods shall flow away5064 in the day3117 of his wrath639.

²⁹This is the portion2506 of a wicked7563 man120 from God430, and the heritage5159 appointed561 unto him by God410. appointed: Heb. of his decree from God