Job 20 | BSB Bible Study

Job 20:1 (BSB)
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Job 20:2 (BSB)
“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

Job 20:3 (BSB)
I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Job 20:4 (BSB)
Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

Job 20:5 (BSB)
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

Job 20:6 (BSB)
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

Job 20:7 (BSB)
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

Job 20:8 (BSB)
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.

Job 20:9 (BSB)
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

Job 20:10 (BSB)
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

Job 20:11 (BSB)
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Job 20:12 (BSB)
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

Job 20:13 (BSB)
though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Job 20:14 (BSB)
yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

Job 20:15 (BSB)
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:16 (BSB)
He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

Job 20:17 (BSB)
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

Job 20:18 (BSB)
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 20:19 (BSB)
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Job 20:20 (BSB)
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

Job 20:21 (BSB)
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22 (BSB)
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Job 20:23 (BSB)
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

Job 20:24 (BSB)
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Job 20:25 (BSB)
It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Job 20:26 (BSB)
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Job 20:27 (BSB)
The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

Job 20:28 (BSB)
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Job 20:29 (BSB)
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

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