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KJVKing James Version

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

Job 20:4

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

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

Job 20:5

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

"Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:6

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

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

Job 20:7

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

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

Job 20:8

He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

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

Job 20:9

The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

"His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

Job 20:10

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

"His bones are full of his youthful strength, But it lies down with him in the dust.

Job 20:11

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

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