Job 20:4-11

American Standard Version

⁴ Knowest thou not this of old time,
Since man was placed upon earth,
⁵ That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens,
And his head reach unto the clouds;
⁷ Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
They that 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 which saw him shall see him no more;
Neither shall his place any more behold him.
^10 [a]His children shall seek the favor of the poor,
And his hands shall give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones are full of his youth,
But it shall lie down with him in the dust.