(KJV) Job 20¹

⥃Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

[1] Then answered Zophar² the Naamathite, and said, [2] Therefore do my thoughts³ cause me to answer, and for⁴ [this] I make haste⁵. [3] I have heard the check⁶ of my reproach, and the spirit⁷ of my understanding causeth me to answer. [4] Knowest thou [not⁸] this of old, since man⁹ was placed upon earth, [5] That the triumphing¹⁰ of the wicked [is] short¹¹, and the joy¹² of the hypocrite [but] for a moment? [6] Though his excellency¹³ mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds¹⁴; [7] [Yet] he shall perish¹⁵ for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say¹⁶, Where [is] he? [8] He shall fly away¹⁷ as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. [9] The eye¹⁸ also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. [10] His children¹⁹ shall seek²⁰ to please the poor, and his hands²¹ shall restore their goods. [11] His bones²² are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie²³ down with him in the dust. [12] Though wickedness²⁴ be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide²⁵ it under his tongue; [13] [Though] he spare it²⁶, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth²⁷: [14] [Yet] his meat²⁸ in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall²⁹ of asps within him. [15] He hath swallowed³⁰ down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. [16] He shall suck the poison³¹ of asps: the viper’s³² tongue shall slay him. [17] He shall not see³³ the rivers³⁴, the floods³⁵, the brooks of honey³⁶ and butter. [18] That which he laboured for shall he restore³⁷, and shall not swallow³⁸ [it] down: according to [his] substance³⁹ [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall⁴⁰ not rejoice [therein]. [19] Because⁴¹ he hath oppressed⁴² [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently⁴³ taken away an house which he builded not; [20] Surely⁴⁴ he shall not feel⁴⁵ quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. [21] There shall none of his meat be left⁴⁶; therefore shall no man look for his goods. [22] In the fulness⁴⁷ of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand⁴⁸ of the wicked⁴⁹ shall come upon him. [23] [When] he is about⁵⁰ to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it⁵¹] upon him while he is eating. [24] He shall flee from⁵² the iron weapon, [and] the bow⁵³ of steel shall strike him⁵⁴ through. [25] It is drawn⁵⁵, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors⁵⁶ [are] upon him. [26] All darkness⁵⁷ [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire⁵⁸ not blown shall consume him; it shall go⁵⁹ ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. [27] The heaven⁶⁰ shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth⁶¹ shall rise up against him. [28] The increase⁶² of his house shall depart, [and his goods⁶³] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. [29] This [is] the portion⁶⁴ of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God⁶⁵.