Job 20:4-11

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ “Don’t you know
that from ancient times,
from the time humans were placed on earth,
⁵ the triumph of the wicked is short-lived,
and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment?
⁶ If his height reaches to the sky
and his head touches the clouds,
⁷ he will certainly rot^[a] like his own feces.
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away like a dream and not be found.
He will be chased away like a vision in the night.
⁹ Eyes that saw him will see him no more.
His home will not look at him again.
¹⁰ His children will have to ask the poor for help.
His own hands will have to give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones, once full of youthful vigor,
will lie down with him in the dust.