Job 20:1-9 ▼

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,

2 “Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.

3 “I listened to the reprimand which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

4 “Do you know this from ancient times, From the establishment of mankind on earth,

5 That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?

6 “Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,

7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

8 “He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Like a vision of the night he is chased away.

9 “The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.