Job 20:1-29 MEV

[1] Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: [2] "Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. [3] I have heard the rebuke that disgraces me, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. [4] "Do you not know this of old, since man was placed upon earth, [5] that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment? [6] Though his loftiness extends to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, [7] yet he will perish forever like his own excrement; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' [8] He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night. [9] The eye that saw him will see him no more; nor will his place behold him anymore. [10] His children will seek favor from the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth. [11] His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. [12] "Though evil is sweet in his mouth, and he hides it under his tongue, [13] though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it in his mouth, [14] yet his food in his stomach turns sour; it becomes the venom of cobras within him. [15] He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. [16] He will suck the poison of cobras; the viper's tongue will slay him. [17] He will not see the streams, the rivers, the brooks of honey and butter. [18] He will give back the produce of labor and will not swallow it down. According to his wealth the restitution will be, and he will not rejoice in it; [19] because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house that he did not build. [20] "Because he knows no quietness in his belly, he will not save anything he desired. [21] Nothing is left for him to eat; therefore his prosperity will not endure. [22] In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; every hand of misery will come upon him. [23] When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fury of His wrath on him and will rain it on him while he is eating. [24] He will flee from the iron weapon; a bronze bow will pierce him through. [25] It is drawn and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him. [26] Total darkness is stored up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; what is left in his tent will be consumed. [27] The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. [28] The increase of his house will depart, and his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath. [29] This is the wicked man's portion from God, and the inheritance appointed to him by God."