Job 20:1-13 ▼

1 THEN Zophar, the Naamathite, answered and said,

2 Therefore my discipline has caused me to discern, and for my help it has remained with me.

3 I will make you hear the instruction of my discipline, and the spirit of my understanding will cause me to answer.

4 This I know from of old, since man was created upon the earth,

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment.

6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens and his head reach to the clouds,

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like a whirlwind; those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall fly away like a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall they see his place again.

10 His children shall be crushed with poverty, and he shall stretch out his hands toward them.

11 His bones are full of marrow, but they shall lie down with him in the dust.

12 Though his wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide deceit under his tongue,

13 Though he spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still in his mouth;