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
English Standard Version
4 Do you not know this from of old,
(A)since man was placed on earth,
5 (B)that the exulting of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 (C)Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
7 he will perish forever like his own (D)dung;
those who have seen him will say, (E)‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like (F)a dream and not be found;
he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 (G)The eye that saw him will see him no more,
nor will his place any more behold him.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,
and his hands will (H)give back his wealth.
11 His bones are full of his (I)youthful vigor,
but it will lie (J)down with him in the dust.
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