Verse 7
Job 20:7
New Living Translation
7
yet they will vanish forever,<br>thrown away like their own dung.<br>Those who knew them will ask,<br>‘Where are they?’<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּֽ֭/גֶלֲל/וֹ לָ/נֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗י/ו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He will be cast down to destruction forever; his defenders will say, "Where is he?"
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 20 Context
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Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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“I must reply<br>because I am greatly disturbed.<br>
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I’ve had to endure your insults,<br>but now my spirit prompts me to reply.<br>
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“Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,<br>ever since people were first placed on the ea...
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the triumph of the wicked has been short lived<br>and the joy of the godless has been only temporary...
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Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens<br>and their heads touch the clouds,<br>
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yet they will vanish forever,<br>thrown away like their own dung.<br>Those who knew them will ask,<b...
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They will fade like a dream and not be found.<br>They will vanish like a vision in the night.<br>
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Those who once saw them will see them no more.<br>Their families will never see them again.<br>
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Their children will beg from the poor,<br>for they must give back their stolen riches.<br>
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Though they are young,<br>their bones will lie in the dust.<br>
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“They enjoyed the sweet taste of wickedness,<br>letting it melt under their tongue.<br>
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They savored it,<br>holding it long in their mouths.<br>
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But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour,<br>a poisonous venom in their stomach.<br>
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They will vomit the wealth they swallowed.<br>God (Elohim) won’t let them keep it down.<br>
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They will suck the poison of cobras.<br>The viper will kill them.<br>
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They will never again enjoy streams of olive oil<br>or rivers of milk and honey.<br>
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They will give back everything they worked for.<br>Their wealth will bring them no joy.<br>
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For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute.<br>They foreclosed on their homes.<br>
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They were always greedy and never satisfied.<br>Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about...
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Nothing is left after they finish gorging themselves.<br>Therefore, their prosperity will not endure...
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“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble<br>and be overcome by misery.<br>
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May God (Elohim) give them a bellyful of trouble.<br>May God (Elohim) rain down his anger upon them....
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When they try to escape an iron weapon,<br>a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.<br>
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The arrow is pulled from their back,<br>and the arrowhead glistens with blood.<br>The terrors of dea...
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Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness.<br>A wildfire will devour their goods,<br>cons...
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The heavens will reveal their guilt,<br>and the earth will testify against them.<br>
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A flood will sweep away their house.<br>God (Elohim)’s anger will descend on them in torrents.<br>
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This is the reward that God (Elohim) gives the wicked.<br>It is the inheritance decreed by God (Eloh...
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