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.
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Knowest thou not this 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?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Though his excellency shall 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 he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who 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 shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be 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 also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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 the sin of his youth, which 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 may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue;
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
Though he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
Yet his food in his body is turned, 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, and 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 slay him.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the 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 shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.
19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an 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.
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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 wicked 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.
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.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel 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.
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword 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.
All 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 tent.
27 The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
The heaven 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, and his goods 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.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
