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Job 20

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

20:1

Then Sophar the Minæan answered and said,

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20:2

I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I.

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20:3

I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

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20:4

Hast thou [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth?

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But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

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although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.

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For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?

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Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.

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20:9

The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

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20:10

Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.

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20:11

His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

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20:12

Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue;

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though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat:

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yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly.

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20:15

[His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house.

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20:16

And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

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20:17

Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter.

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20:18

He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

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20:19

For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not.

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20:20

There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

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20:21

There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish.

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20:22

But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

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20:23

If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

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20:24

And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

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20:25

And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him.

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20:26

And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

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20:27

And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

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20:28

Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.

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20:29

This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God].

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