JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 20WEB - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 20ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, 2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, even by reason of my haste that is in me. 3I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me. 4Don’t you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, 5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? 6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, 7yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ 8He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found. Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. 9The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his place see him any more. 10His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth. 11His bones are full of his youth, but youth will lie down with him in the dust. 12“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, 13though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth; 14yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. 15He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. 16He will suck cobra venom. The viper’s tongue will kill him. 17He will not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. 18He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down. He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten. 19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. 20“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights. 21There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him. 23When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating. 24He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through. 25He draws it out, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. 26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent. 27The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him. 28The increase of his house will depart. They will rush away in the day of his wrath. 29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God.” ‹Previous chapterJob 19Next chapterJob 21›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 20 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain