Job 20:4-11

World English Bible

⁴ Don’t you know this from old time,
    since man was placed on earth,
⁵ that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
    the joy of the godless but for a moment?
⁶ Though his height mount up to the heavens,
    and his head reach to the clouds,
⁷ yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
    Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
⁸ He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found.
    Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
⁹ The eye which saw him will see him no more,
    neither will his place see him any more.
¹⁰ His children will seek the favor of the poor.
    His hands will give back his wealth.
¹¹ His bones are full of his youth,
    but youth will lie down with him in the dust.