1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Job 20

Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked.

 20:1 ¶ Then responded Zophar the Naamathite, and said:—

 20:2 Not so, do my thoughts answer me, and to this end, is my haste within me:

 20:3 The correction meant to confound me, I must hear, but, the spirit—out of my understanding, will give me a reply.

 20:4 Knowest thou, this—from antiquity, from the placing of man upon earth:—

 20:5 That, the joy-shout of the lawless, is short, and, the rejoicing of the impious, for a moment?

 20:6 Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,

 20:7 Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?

 20:8 Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night.

 20:9 The eye that hath scanned him, shall not do it again, neither, any more, shall his place behold him:

 20:10 ¶ His children, shall seek the favour of the poor, and, his own hand, shall give back his wealth.

 20:11 His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him—in the dust, shall it lie down.

 20:12 Though, a sweet taste in his mouth, be given by vice, though he hide it under his tongue;

 20:13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but retain it in the midst of his mouth,

 20:14 His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!

 20:15 Wealth, hath he swallowed, and hath vomited the same, Out of his belly, shall, GOD, drive it forth:

 20:16 The poison of adders, shall he suck, The tongue of the viper shall slay him;

 20:17 Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.

 20:18 In vain, he toiled, he shall not swallow, like wealth to be restored, in which he cannot exult!

 20:19 For he hath oppressed—hath forsaken the poor, A house, hath he seized, which he cannot rebuild.

 20:20 Surely he hath known no peace in his inmost mind,—With his dearest thing, shall he not get away:

 20:21 Nothing escaped his devouring greed,—For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:

 20:22 When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.

 20:23 ¶ It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain [it] upon him for his punishment.

 20:24 He shall flee from the armour of iron,—There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!

 20:25 He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back,—yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him—terrors:

 20:26 Every misfortune, is laid up for his treasures,—There shall consume, a fire, not blown up,—it shall destroy what remaineth in his tent:

 20:27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and, the earth, be rising up against him:

 20:28 The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger.

 20:29 This, is the portion of the lawless man, from God, and the inheritance decreed him from the Mighty One.