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Job 20:1
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Then Tzofar the Na`amatite answered,
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Job 20:2
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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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Job 20:3
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I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame; The spirit of my understanding answers me.
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Job 20:4
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Don't you know this from old time, Since man was placed on earth,
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Job 20:5
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That the triumphing of the wicked is short, The joy of the godless but for a moment?
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Job 20:6
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Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach to the clouds,
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Job 20:7
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Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
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Job 20:8
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
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Job 20:9
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The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.
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Job 20:10
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His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.
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Job 20:11
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His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Job 20:12
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"Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
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Job 20:13
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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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Job 20:14
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Yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him.
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Job 20:15
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He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.
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Job 20:16
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He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him.
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Job 20:17
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He shall not look at the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter.
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Job 20:18
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That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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Job 20:19
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For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
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Job 20:20
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"Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
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Job 20:21
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There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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Job 20:22
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In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
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Job 20:23
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When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
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Job 20:24
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He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through.
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Job 20:25
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He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him.
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Job 20:26
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
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Job 20:27
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The earth shall rise up against him.
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Job 20:28
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The increase of his house shall depart; They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
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Job 20:29
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, The heritage appointed to him by God."
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