Verse 7
Job 20:7
Free Bible Version
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they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew them will ask, ‘Where have they gone?’
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 answered and said,
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“I'm forced to reply because I'm really upset!
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What I hear you say insults me, but I know how to reply to you!
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Don't you know that since ancient times, since human beings were put on this earth,
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that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God (Elohim) are only happy...
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Even though they are so tall they reach the heavens, even though their heads reach the clouds,
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they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew them will ask, ‘Where have they g...
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They will vanish like a dream, never to be found, fleeing like a vision of the night.
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Those who once saw them will not see them anymore; their families will never set eyes on them again.
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Their children will have to pay back the poor; they will have to return their wealth.
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Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.
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Though evil tastes sweet in their mouths and they hide it under their tongues,
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not letting it go but keeping it in their mouths,
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in their stomachs it turns bitter, becoming like snake venom inside them.
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They swallow wealth and vomit it up again; God (Elohim) forces it from their stomachs.
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They suck in snake venom; the bite of the viper will kill them.
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They will not live to enjoy the streams, the rivers of milk and honey.
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They will have to give back what they have gained and will not have any benefit; they will not enjoy...
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For they have oppressed and abandoned the poor; they have seized houses they did not build.
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Because their greed was never satisfied, nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.
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Nothing escapes their ravenous appetites, so their happiness doesn't last long.
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Even when the wicked have all that they want they run into trouble; all kinds of misery will fall up...
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While they are busy filling their bellies, God (Elohim)'s hostility will burn against them, raining...
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As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.
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The arrow is pulled out of their gall bladder, glistening with blood. They are absolutely terrified!
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All they value will disappear into the darkness; divine fire will destroy them; all they have left w...
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The heavens reveal what they have done wrong; the earth will rise up against them.
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All their possessions will be carried from their homes; they will be dragged off on the day of God (...
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This is the share the wicked receive from God (Elohim), the inheritance God (Elohim) says they shoul...
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