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Passage Lookup: Job 20
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Job 20:1
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Zophar
Then Zophar the Naamathite(a) replied:Footnotes:
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Job 20:2
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"My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.(b)
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Job 20:3
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I hear a rebuke(c) that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
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Job 20:4
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"Surely you know how it has been from of old,(d) ever since mankind[a] was placed on the earth,
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Job 20:5
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that the mirth of the wicked(e) is brief, the joy of the godless(f) lasts but a moment.(g)
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Job 20:6
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Though the pride(h) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(i) and his head touches the clouds,(j)
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Job 20:7
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he will perish forever,(k) like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'(l)
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Job 20:8
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Like a dream(m) he flies away,(n) no more to be found, banished(o) like a vision of the night.(p)
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Job 20:9
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The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.(q)
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Job 20:10
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His children(r) must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.(s)
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Job 20:11
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The youthful vigor(t) that fills his bones(u) will lie with him in the dust.(v)
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Job 20:12
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"Though evil(w) is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,(x)
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Job 20:13
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though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,(y)
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Job 20:14
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yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(z) it will become the venom of serpents(aa) within him.
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Job 20:15
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He will spit out the riches(ab) he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit(ac) them up.
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Job 20:16
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He will suck the poison(ad) of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.(ae)
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Job 20:17
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He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers(af) flowing with honey(ag) and cream.(ah)
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Job 20:18
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What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(ai) he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(aj)
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Job 20:19
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For he has oppressed the poor(ak) and left them destitute;(al) he has seized houses(am) he did not build.
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Job 20:20
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"Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(an) he cannot save himself by his treasure.(ao)
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Job 20:21
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Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.(ap)
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Job 20:22
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In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(aq) the full force of misery will come upon him.(ar)
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Job 20:23
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When he has filled his belly,(as) God will vent his burning anger(at) against him and rain down his blows on him.(au)
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Job 20:24
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Though he flees(av) from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(aw)
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Job 20:25
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He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors(ax) will come over him;(ay)
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Job 20:26
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total darkness(az) lies in wait for his treasures. A fire(ba) unfanned will consume him(bb) and devour what is left in his tent.(bc)
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Job 20:27
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The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.(bd)
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Job 20:28
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A flood will carry off his house,(be) rushing waters[b] on the day of God's wrath.(bf)
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Job 20:29
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Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God."(bg)
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