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Job 20

Zophar answers that the triumph of the wicked is short. He describes the evil man’s pleasures turning poisonous, wealth disappearing, oppression bringing judgment, and heaven revealing his iniquity.

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Verses 1–3Zophar says he is compelled to answer Job Verses 4–11Zophar says the triumph and joy of the wicked are short Verses 12–19Zophar describes wickedness becoming poison and ill-gotten riches being lost Verses 20–29Zophar says the wicked cannot escape the fury and judgment of God

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1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for…3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the…4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed…5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the…6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his…7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:…8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not…9The eye also which saw him shall see him no…10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his…11His bones are full of the sin of his youth,…12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide…13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep…14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is…15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them…16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue…17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks…18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall…19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because…20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he…21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall…22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in…23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall…24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow…25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea,…26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a…27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall…28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods…29This is the portion of a wicked man from God,…