Job 20:4-11

International Standard Version

⁴ “Haven’t you known this from ancient times,
    since mankind was placed on the earth?
⁵ The wicked triumph only briefly;
    the joy of the godless is momentary.
⁶ Though he grow as tall as the sky,
    or though his head touches the clouds,
⁷ he’ll perish forever, like his own excrement;
    those who saw him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He’ll vanish^[a] like a dream, and no one will find him;
    he will be chased away like a night vision.”