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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Job 20 AFV</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><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="../">AFV</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 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="100%" valign="top">A Faithful Version</td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>"Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my inner turmoil.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have heard the rebuke which puts me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do you not know this from <i>days</i> of old, since man was placed upon earth,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>That the triumphing of the wicked <i>is</i> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <i>is</i> for a moment?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, 'Where <i>is</i> he?'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He shall fly away like a dream, and shall not be found, yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The eye also <i>which</i> saw him, shall see him no more; yea, neither shall his place see him any longer.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Though he desires it and will not let it go; but, keeps it still within his mouth;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><i>Yet</i> his food in his belly shall be turned and become the gall of asps within him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He has swallowed riches, but he shall vomit them up again; God shall cast them out of his belly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall slay him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He shall not see the rivers, the flowings of the brooks of honey and butter,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>That which he labored for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down: according to <i>his</i> possessions <i>shall</i> the restitution <i>be</i>, and he shall not rejoice in it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; and has violently seized a house which he did not build.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Surely he did not know rest in his heart; that in which he delights, he will not save anything.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There was nothing left for him to devour. Therefore, his prosperity shall not endure.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in trouble; every hand of the wicked shall come against him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he is filling his belly, <i>God</i> shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and He shall rain it upon him while he is eating.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If he shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him through.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It will be pulled and come out of his body, yea, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors come upon him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; those left in his tabernacle shall be broken.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The increase of his house shall depart, and <i>his goods</i> shall flow <i>away</i> in the day of his wrath.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This <i>is</i> the portion of a wicked man from God, and his heritage decreed by God."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://afaithfulversion.org/">A Faithful Version</a><br><br>Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011<br>York Publishing Company<br>Post Office Box 1038<br>Hollister, California 95024-1038<br><br>All rights reserved.<br>All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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></td></tr></table></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>