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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 20 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/20.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Job 20</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/19.htm" title="Job 19">◄</a> Job 20 <a href="../job/21.htm" title="Job 21">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/job/20-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said,<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Hast thou <i>not</i> known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The eye has looked upon him, but shall not <i>see him</i> again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Let <i>his</i> inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His bones have been filled with <i>vigour of</i> his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Though evil be sweet in his mouth, <i>though</i> he will hide it under his tongue;<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><i>His</i> wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger <i>of</i> <i>wrath</i> shall drag him out of his house.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, <i>for</i> wealth of which he shall not taste: <i>it is</i> as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built <i>it</i> not.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>If by any means he would fill his belly, let <i>God</i> send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods <i>appointed him</i> by the all-seeing <i>God</i>.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/19.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 19"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 19" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/21.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 21"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 21" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>