20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

20:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste.
20:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste.

20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
20:3 I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

20:4 Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
20:4 Knowest thou {not} this of old, since man was placed upon earth,

20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment?
20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment?

20:6 Though his excellence shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;
20:6 Though his excellency shall mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds;

20:7 {Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?
20:7 {Yet} he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where {is} he?

20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and will not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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.

20:9 The eye also {which} saw him shall {see him} no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
20:9 The eye also {which} saw him shall {see him} no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

20:11 His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
20:11 His bones are full {of the sin} of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

20:12 Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, {though} he may hide it under his tongue;
20:12 Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, {though} he may hide it under his tongue;

20:13 {Though} he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
20:13 {Though} he may spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

20:14 {Yet} his food in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.
20:14 {Yet} his food in his body is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.

20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

20:17 He shall not see the river, the floods, the brooks of honey and buttermilk.
20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

20:18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it}: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {in it}.
20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {in it}.

20:19 Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
20:19 Because he hath oppressed {and} hath forsaken the poor; {because} he hath violently taken away an house which he did not build;

20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

20:21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
20:21 There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

20:23 {When} he is about to fill his belly, {God} shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain {it} upon him while he is eating.
20:23 {When} he is about to fill his belly, {God} shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain {it} upon him while he is eating.

20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, {and} the bow of steel shall strike him through.
20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, {and} the bow of steel shall strike him through.

20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors {are} upon him.
20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors {are} upon him.

20:26 All darkness {shall be} hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
20:26 All darkness {shall be} laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.

20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, {and his goods} shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, {and his goods} shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

20:29 This {is} the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
20:29 This {is} the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.