Verse 7
Job 20:7
English Revised Version
7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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
1
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me.
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I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
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Knowest thou not this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of th...
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The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.
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His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;
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Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God (Elohim) shall cast them out of...
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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
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He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter.
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That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substan...
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For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away an house, and he shall not...
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Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
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There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery sh...
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When he is about to fill his belly, God (Elohim) shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, an...
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
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He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall...
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown by man shall devour him; it shall consum...
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.
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The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God (Elohim), and the heritage appointed unto him by God (E...
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