Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Job 20
29 aligned verses; 25 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Therefore do my thoughts give
answer
to
me, Even
by
reason
of
my
haste that
is
in
me
.
Therefore do my thoughts cause
me to
answer
, and
for
this
I
make
haste.
I have heard the reproof
which
putteth
me
to
shame;
And the spirit of my understanding answereth
me.
I have heard the check
of
my
reproach,
and the spirit of my understanding causeth
me to
answer
.
Knowest thou `
not '
this of old time
, Since man was placed upon earth,
Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless
but for a moment?
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite
but for a moment?
Though his height
mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
Though his excellency
mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that
have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which
have seen him shall say, Where is he?
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
The eye also
which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek the
favor
of
the poor, And his hands shall give
back
his
wealth
.
His children shall seek to
please
the poor, and his hands shall restore
their
goods
.
His bones are full of his youth, But
it
shall lie down with him in the dust.
His bones are full of the
sin
of
his youth, which
shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue ,
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue ;
Though he spare it, and will
not
let
it go,
But keep it still within his mouth ;
Though he spare it, and forsake
it not;
but keep it still within his mouth :
Yet his food
in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
Yet his meat
in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again ;
God will
cast them out of his belly.
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again :
God shall
cast them out of his belly.
He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
He shall not look
upon
the rivers, The flowing
streams
of honey and butter.
He shall not see
the rivers, the floods,
the
brooks
of honey and butter.
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.
That which he laboured
for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down :
according to his
substance shall
the
restitution
be
, and
he shall not rejoice therein
.
For
he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a
house ,
and
he shall
not build
it
up.
Because
he hath oppressed and hath
forsaken the poor; because
he hath violently taken away an
house which
he builded
not ;
Because
he knew
no
quietness within
him
, He shall not save aught
of that wherein
he delighteth
.
Surely
he shall
not
feel
quietness in
his
belly
, he shall not save of that which
he desired
.
There was
nothing
left that
he
devoured
not
; Therefore his
prosperity
shall not
endure
.
There shall
none
of
his
meat
be
left; therefore shall no
man
look
for
his
goods
.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The
hand of every
one
that
is
in
misery
shall come upon him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every
hand of the
wicked
shall come upon him.
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.
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall
cast the fury
of his wrath upon him, and shall
rain it upon him while he is eating.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass
shall strike him through.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel
shall strike him through.
He
draweth
it forth
, and it
cometh out of his
body; Yea, the glittering point
cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
It is
drawn
, and cometh out of the
body; yea, the glittering sword
cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
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
.
All darkness shall
be
hid
in
his secret
places
: a fire not blown shall consume
him; it shall go
ill
with
him
that is left in his tabernacle
.
The heavens
shall reveal his iniquity ,
And the earth shall rise up against him.
The heaven
shall reveal his iniquity ;
and the earth shall rise up against him.
The increase of his house shall depart ;
`
His goods '
shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The increase of his house shall depart ,
and
his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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