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And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Knowest thou not this of old time, 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 is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as 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 which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His children shall seek the favor of 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 youth, 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 be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is 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 hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will 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 look upon the rivers, The flowing streams 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 restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There was nothing left that he devoured not; 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 fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will 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>He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are 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 devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.</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; His goods'shall flow away 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 is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/job/20-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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