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Links to all Books and Chapters Today's Date: Job 19:29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves; For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."(nkjv) ======= Job 20:1 ============ Job 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, (nasb) Job 20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,(kjv) Job 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:(nkjv) ======= Job 20:2 ============ Job 20:2 "Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation.(nasb) Job 20:2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.(kjv) Job 20:2 "Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:3 ============ Job 20:3 "I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.(nasb) Job 20:3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.(kjv) Job 20:3 I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:4 ============ Job 20:4 "Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth, (nasb) Job 20:4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,(kjv) Job 20:4 "Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth,(nkjv) ======= Job 20:5 ============ Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary?(nasb) Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?(kjv) Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?(nkjv) ======= Job 20:6 ============ Job 20:6 "Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds, (nasb) Job 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;(kjv) Job 20:6 Though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens, And his head reaches to the clouds,(nkjv) ======= Job 20:7 ============ Job 20:7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'(nasb) Job 20:7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?(kjv) Job 20:7 Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'(nkjv) ======= Job 20:8 ============ Job 20:8 "He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.(nasb) Job 20:8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.(kjv) Job 20:8 He will fly away like a dream, and not be found; Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:9 ============ Job 20:9 "The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.(nasb) Job 20:9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.(kjv) Job 20:9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, Nor will his place behold him anymore.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:10 ============ Job 20:10 "His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.(nasb) Job 20:10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.(kjv) Job 20:10 His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:11 ============ Job 20:11 "His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust.(nasb) Job 20:11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.(kjv) Job 20:11 His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it will lie down with him in the dust.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:12 ============ Job 20:12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue, (nasb) Job 20:12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;(kjv) Job 20:12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth, And he hides it under his tongue,(nkjv) ======= Job 20:13 ============ Job 20:13 Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth, (nasb) Job 20:13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:(kjv) Job 20:13 Though he spares it and does not forsake it, But still keeps it in his mouth,(nkjv) ======= Job 20:14 ============ Job 20:14 Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him.(nasb) Job 20:14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.(kjv) Job 20:14 Yet his food in his stomach turns sour; It becomes cobra venom within him.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:15 ============ Job 20:15 "He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.(nasb) Job 20:15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.(kjv) Job 20:15 He swallows down riches And vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:16 ============ Job 20:16 "He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him.(nasb) Job 20:16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.(kjv) Job 20:16 He will suck the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue will slay him.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:17 ============ Job 20:17 "He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.(nasb) Job 20:17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.(kjv) Job 20:17 He will not see the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and cream.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:18 ============ Job 20:18 "He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.(nasb) Job 20:18 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.(kjv) Job 20:18 He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:19 ============ Job 20:19 "For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.(nasb) Job 20:19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;(kjv) Job 20:19 For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:20 ============ Job 20:20 "Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.(nasb) Job 20:20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.(kjv) Job 20:20 "Because he knows no quietness in his heart, He will not save anything he desires.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:21 ============ Job 20:21 "Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure.(nasb) Job 20:21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.(kjv) Job 20:21 Nothing is left for him to eat; Therefore his well-being will not last.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:22 ============ Job 20:22 "In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.(nasb) Job 20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.(kjv) Job 20:22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:23 ============ Job 20:23 "When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And will rain it on him while he is eating.(nasb) Job 20:23 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.(kjv) Job 20:23 When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:24 ============ Job 20:24 "He may flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him.(nasb) Job 20:24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.(kjv) Job 20:24 He will flee from the iron weapon; A bronze bow will pierce him through.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:25 ============ Job 20:25 "It is drawn forth and comes out of his back, Even the glittering point from his gall. Terrors come upon him, (nasb) Job 20:25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.(kjv) Job 20:25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; Yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors come upon him;(nkjv) ======= Job 20:26 ============ Job 20:26 Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.(nasb) Job 20:26 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.(kjv) Job 20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:27 ============ Job 20:27 "The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.(nasb) Job 20:27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.(kjv) Job 20:27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:28 ============ Job 20:28 "The increase of his house will depart; His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.(nasb) Job 20:28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.(kjv) Job 20:28 The increase of his house will depart, And his goods will flow away in the day of His wrath.(nkjv) ======= Job 20:29 ============ Job 20:29 "This is the wicked man's portion from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God." (nasb) Job 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.(kjv) Job 20:29 This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God."(nkjv) ======= Job 21:1 ============ Job 21:1 Then Job answered, (nasb) Job 21:1 But Job answered and said,(kjv) Job 21:1 Then Job answered and said:(nkjv) |
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