Job 20 (NKJV)

Job 20 NO HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
20:2 ''Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.
20:3 I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.
20:4 ''Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,
20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
20:6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds,
20:7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he'?
20:8 He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
20:9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.
20:10 His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.
20:11 His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.
20:12 ''Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,
20:13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,
20:14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.
20:15 He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.
20:16 He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue will slay him.
20:17 He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
20:18 He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.
20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
20:20 ''Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.
20:21 Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.
20:22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
20:23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.
20:24 He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.
20:25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;
20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
20:27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.
20:28 The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.
20:29 This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God.''