Job 20:1-9

Zophar Says the Rejoicing of the Wicked Is Short

¹Then Zophar the Naamathite responded,

2“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,

Even because of my inward agitation.

3“I listened to the reprimand which insults me,

And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

4“Do you know this from ancient times,

From the establishment of mankind on earth,

5That the rejoicing of the wicked is short,

And the joy of the godless momentary?

6“Though his arrogance reaches the heavens,

And his head touches the clouds,

7He perishes forever like his refuse;

Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

8“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;

Like a vision of the night he is chased away.

9“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,

And his place no longer beholds him.