Job 20:1-9 ▼

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:

2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.

3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, But out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.

4 Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon 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 unto the clouds;

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; They that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'

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

9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.