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Job 20 NASB 1995
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class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>“Do you know this from of old,<br> From the establishment of man on earth,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>That the triumphing of the wicked is short,<br> And the joy of the godless momentary?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>“Though his loftiness reaches the heavens,<br> And his head touches the clouds,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>He perishes forever like his refuse;<br> Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;<br> Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,<br> And his place no longer beholds him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>“His sons favor the poor,<br> And his hands give back his wealth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,<br> But it lies down with him in the dust.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>“Though evil is sweet in his mouth<br> <i>And</i> he hides it under his tongue,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span><i>Though</i> he desires it and will not let it go,<br> But holds it in his mouth,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span><i>Yet</i> his food in his stomach is changed<br> To the venom of cobras within him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>“He swallows riches,<br> But will vomit them up;<br> God will expel them from his belly.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>“He sucks the poison of cobras;<br> The viper’s tongue slays him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>“He does not look at the streams,<br> The rivers flowing with honey and curds.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>“He returns what he has attained<br> And cannot swallow <i>it;</i><br> As to the riches of his trading,<br> He cannot even enjoy <i>them.</i><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>“For he has oppressed <i>and</i> forsaken the poor;<br> He has seized a house which he has not built.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>“Because he knew no quiet within him,<br> He does not retain anything he desires.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>“Nothing remains for him to devour,<br> Therefore his prosperity does not endure.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;<br> The hand of everyone who suffers will come <i>against</i> him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>“When he fills his belly,<br> <i>God</i> will send His fierce anger on him<br> And will rain <i>it</i> on him while he is eating.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>“He may flee from the iron weapon,<br> <i>But</i> the bronze bow will pierce him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,<br> Even the glittering point from his gall.<br> Terrors come upon him,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,<br> And unfanned fire will devour him;<br> It will consume the survivor in his tent.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>“The heavens will reveal his iniquity,<br> And the earth will rise up against him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>“The increase of his house will depart;<br> <i>His possessions</i> will flow away in the day of His anger.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="../../parjob/20-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,<br> Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”<p></p><br /></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 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