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Job 20:1
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Job 20:2
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Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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Job 20:3
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I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
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Job 20:4
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Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
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Job 20:5
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Job 20:6
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Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
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Job 20:7
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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Job 20:8
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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Job 20:9
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The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
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Job 20:10
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His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
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Job 20:11
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His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Job 20:12
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
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Job 20:13
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Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
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Job 20:14
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Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him.
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Job 20:15
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.
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Job 20:16
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He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him.
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Job 20:17
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He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
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Job 20:18
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That 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.
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Job 20:19
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For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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Job 20:20
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Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
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Job 20:21
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There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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Job 20:22
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
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Job 20:23
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When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
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Job 20:24
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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Job 20:25
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He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.
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Job 20:26
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All 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.
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Job 20:27
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.
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Job 20:28
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The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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Job 20:29
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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