Job 20:1-29 ASV

[1] Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, [2] Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. [3] I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding 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 height 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. [10] His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. [11] His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. [12] Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, [13] Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; [14] Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. [15] He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. [16] He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. [17] He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. [18] That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. [19] For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. [20] Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. [21] There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. [22] In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. [23] When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. [24] He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. [25] He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. [26] All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. [27] The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. [28] The increase of his house shall depart; His goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. [29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.