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Job 19:28 - Job 20:8


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28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

29 Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

Job 20
Intro: Zophar reproacheth the wicked.

1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

4 Knowest thou not this of old, 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 mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night,

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