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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/job/">Job</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/job/20.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/job/20.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/job/20.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/job/20.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/job/20.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/job/20.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/job/20.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, <p class="indent2"> because of the turmoil within me. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I have heard a rebuke that insults me, <p class="indent2"> and my understanding prompts a reply. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Do you not know that from antiquity, <p class="indent2"> since man was placed on the earth, <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>the triumph of the wicked has been brief <p class="indent2"> and the joy of the godless momentary? <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, <p class="indent2"> and his head touches the clouds, <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>he will perish forever, like his own dung; <p class="indent2"> those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; <p class="indent2"> he will be chased away like a vision in the night. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The eye that saw him will see him no more, <p class="indent2"> and his place will no longer behold him. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His sons will seek the favor of the poor, <p class="indent2"> for his own hands must return his wealth. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The youthful vigor that fills his bones <p class="indent2"> will lie down with him in the dust. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Though evil is sweet in his mouth <p class="indent2"> and he conceals it under his tongue, <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>though he cannot bear to let it go <p class="indent2"> and keeps it in his mouth, <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>yet in his stomach his food sours <p class="indent2"> into the venom of cobras within him. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He swallows wealth but vomits it out; <p class="indent2"> God will force it from his stomach. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He will suck the poison of cobras; <p class="indent2"> the fangs of a viper will kill him. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will not enjoy the streams, <p class="indent2"> the rivers flowing with honey and cream. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; <p class="indent2"> he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; <p class="indent2"> he has seized houses he did not build. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Because his appetite is never satisfied, <p class="indent2"> he cannot escape with his treasure. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Nothing is left for him to consume; <p class="indent2"> thus his prosperity will not endure. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; <p class="indent2"> the full force of misery will come upon him. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When he has filled his stomach, <p class="indent2"> God will vent His fury upon him, <p class="indent2"> raining it down on him as he eats. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Though he flees from an iron weapon, <p class="indent2"> a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him. <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>It is drawn out of his back, <p class="indent2"> the gleaming point from his liver.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> Terrors come over him. <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. <p class="indent2"> A fire unfanned will consume him <p class="indent2"> and devour what is left in his tent. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The heavens will expose his iniquity, <p class="indent2"> and the earth will rise up against him. <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The possessions of his house will be removed, <p class="indent2"> flowing away on the day of God’s wrath. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/20-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>This is the wicked man’s portion from God, <p class="indent2"> the inheritance God has appointed him.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>from his gall</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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