{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:06:27.342Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The increase of his house shall depart; His goods'shall flow away in the day of his wrath."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 20 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 20](https://primebible.com/asv/job/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/20 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}