{"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/dbt/job/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:00:14.562Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and for this is my haste within me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Knowest thou not this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The exultation of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly man 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":"Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands restore his wealth."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it within his mouth,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"He shall not see streams, rivers, brooks of honey and butter."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice therein."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point out of his gall: terrors are upon him."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what 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, flowing away in the day of his anger."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 20 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 20](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/20 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}