JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 20Webster - 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 answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for [this] I make haste. 3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4Knowest thou [not] this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? 6Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; 7[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where [is] he? 8He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. 9The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. 10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, [though] he may hide it under his tongue; 13[Though] he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14[Yet] his food in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him. 15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. 16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. 17He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk. 18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it]: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [in it]. 19Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. 20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. 21There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23[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. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, [and] the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors [are] upon him. 26All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28The increase of his house shall depart, [and his goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. 29This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and 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