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Job 20
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2Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
2My troubled thoughts force me to answer because I am so upset.
3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
3I have heard your insults, which humiliate me, but my spirit gives me the understanding to reply.
4Knowest thou notthis of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
4Don't you know that this has been true from ancient times, ever since humans were first placed on the earth?
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
5The celebration of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment.
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
6Even if his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
7he will perish forever like his own waste; those who knew him will ask, 'Where is he?'
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
8He will fade away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased off like a vision in the night.
9The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
9The eyes that saw him will see him no more, and his home will never see him again.
10His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
10His children will have to beg for help from the poor, and his own hands must give back his stolen wealth.
11His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
11Though his bones are full of youthful energy, that strength will lie down with him in the dust.
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
12Even if evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
13Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
13even if he savors it and refuses to let it go, keeping it inside his mouth,
14Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
14yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of vipers inside him.
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
15He swallowed down riches, but he will vomit them back up; God will drive them out of his belly.
16He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
16He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him.
17He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
17He will not live to enjoy the rivers or the streams that flow with honey and cream.
18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
18He must return what he worked for without enjoying it; he will not get to revel in the profits from his business.
19For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
19This is because he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he took houses by force that he did not build.
20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
20Because he was greedy and never satisfied, he will not be able to save anything he treasures.
21There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
21Nothing was left after he finished devouring; therefore, his prosperity will not last.
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
22At the height of his success, distress will grab him; the full force of misery will come against him.
23When he is about to fill his belly, Godwill cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
23When he is about to fill his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him, raining down his wrath while he is eating.
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him through.
25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
25He pulls it out of his back, the glittering point out of his liver; terrors overwhelm him.
26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
26Total darkness waits for his treasures; a fire not fanned by human hands will consume him and devour whatever is left in his tent.
27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
27The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will rise up to testify against him.