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Book of Job, Chapter 20

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Job 20 KJV - King James VersionJob 20 KJV - King James Version

Chapter 20 of Job—King James Version (KJV)

  1. ¶ Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
  2. ¶ Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
  3. ¶ I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
  4. ¶ Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
  5. ¶ That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  6. ¶ Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
  7. Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
  8. ¶ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
  9. ¶ The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
  10. ¶ His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
  11. ¶ His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
  12. ¶ Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
  13. Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
  14. Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
  15. ¶ He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
  16. ¶ He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.
  17. ¶ He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
  18. ¶ That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  19. ¶ Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
  20. ¶ Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
  21. ¶ There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
  22. ¶ In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
  23. When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
  24. ¶ He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
  25. ¶ It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
  26. ¶ All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
  27. ¶ The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
  28. ¶ The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
  29. ¶ This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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