Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
2 Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.
For this do my thoughts lead me to reply, And for this is my ardor within me.
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
I have heard my shameful rebuke; And the spirit, from my understanding, answereth for me.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Knowest thou not, that from the days of old, From the time when man was placed upon the earth,
5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Though his greatness mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,
7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
Yet shall he perish for ever, and be mingled with dust; They who saw 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 shall flee away like a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall disappear like a vision of the nigh.
9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more, And his dwelling-place shall never more behold him.
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
His sons shall seek the favor of the poor, And their hands shall give back 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 are full of his youth, But they 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, Though he hide it under his tongue,
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
Though he cherish it, and will not part with it, And keep it fast in his mouth,
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
Yet his meat shall be changed within him, And become to him the poison of asps.
15 He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
He hath glutted himself with riches, And he shall throw them up again; Yea, God shall cast them out of his body.
16 He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
He shall suck the poison of asps; The tongue of the viper shall destroy him.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
He shall never see the flowing streams, And the rivers of honey and milk.
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.
The fruits of his toil he shall give back, and shall not enjoy them: It is substance to be restored, 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.
Because he hath oppressed and abandoned the poor, And seized upon the house which 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 bosom, He shall not save that in which he delighteth.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
Because nothing escaped his greediness, 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 abundance he shall be brought low; 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.
He shall, indeed, have wherewith to fill himself: God shall send upon him the fury of his anger, And rain it down upon him for his food.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
If he fleeth from the iron weapon, The bow of brass shall pierce 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 the arrow, and it cometh forth from his body; Yea, the glittering steel cometh 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.
Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him. A fire not blown shall consume him; It shall consume whatever 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 substance of his house shall disappear; It shall flow away in the day of His wrath.
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.
Such is the portion of the wicked man from God, And the inheritance appointed for him by the Almighty.
