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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 New Heart English Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../">NHEB</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">New Heart English Bible</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do you not know this from old time, since humankind was placed on earth,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/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 see him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/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> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he is about to fill his belly, he will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/job/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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