Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,
And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,
2 Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.
Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me.
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and [my] spirit answereth me by mine understanding.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Knowest thou [not] this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man but for a moment?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
The eye which saw him shall [see him] not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth.
11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
12 When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [and] he hide it under his tongue,
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.
15 He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter.
18 He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice [therein].
19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.
20 Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
22 When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
23 He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.
25 The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, and shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.
He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
27 The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.
This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
