Job 20:4-11

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ Don’t you know this?
From ancient times,
from the time when Adam^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵ the triumphant cry of the wicked has been short-lived,
and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment.
⁶ Although his arrogance reaches up to the skies,
and his head touches the clouds,
⁷ he will perish forever like his own filth.
Those who saw him will say, “Where is he?”
⁸ Like a dream, he flies away, and he cannot be found.
Like a vision during the night, he flutters away.
⁹ An eye catches sight of him, but it does not see him again.
His place will no longer look at him.
¹⁰ His children must make restitution to^[b] the poor.
His hands must give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones were once filled with youthful vigor,
but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.