Job 20:4-11
Christian Standard Bible
4 Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
from the time a human was placed on earth,
5 the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?(A)
6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven,
and his head touches the clouds,(B)
7 he will vanish forever like his own dung.
Those who know[a] him will ask, “Where is he?” (C)
8 He will fly away like a dream and never be found;
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.(D)
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more,(E)
and his household will no longer see him.(F)
10 His children will beg from[b] the poor,
for his own hands must give back his wealth.
11 His frame may be full of youthful vigor,
but it will lie down with him in dust.(G)
Job 20:4-11
New Living Translation
4 “Don’t you realize that from the beginning of time,
ever since people were first placed on the earth,
5 the triumph of the wicked has been short lived
and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
6 Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
and their heads touch the clouds,
7 yet they will vanish forever,
thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
‘Where are they?’
8 They will fade like a dream and not be found.
They will vanish like a vision in the night.
9 Those who once saw them will see them no more.
Their families will never see them again.
10 Their children will beg from the poor,
for they must give back their stolen riches.
11 Though they are young,
their bones will lie in the dust.
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