Job 20:4-11

Jubilee Bible 2000

⁴ Dost thou not know this that always was, since man was placed upon earth,

⁵ that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

⁶ Though his excellency mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches unto the clouds,

⁷ yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him shall say, What is become of him?

⁸ He shall fly away as a dream and shall not be found: yea, he shall flee away as a vision of the night.

⁹ The eye which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place behold him any more.

¹⁰ ¶ His poor sons shall go forth begging, and their hands shall restore that which he stole.

¹¹ His bones are full of the sins of his youth, which shall be buried with him in the dust.