Job 20:1-9 ▼

1 Then Zophar from Naama replied [to Job],

2 |My disturbing thoughts make me answer, and because of them I am upset.

3 I have heard criticism that makes me ashamed, but a spirit beyond my understanding gives me answers.

4 |Don't you know that from ancient times, from the time humans were placed on earth,

5 the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?

6 If his height reaches to the sky and his head touches the clouds,

7 he will certainly rot like his own feces. Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'

8 He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night.

9 Eyes that saw him will see him no more. His home will not look at him again.