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Job 20:3-11 Amplified Bible (AMP)

3. I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answers me.

4. Do you not know from of old, since the time that man was placed on the earth,

5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment? [Ps. 37:35, 36.]

6. Though his [proud] height mounts up to the heavens and his head reaches 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 like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night.

9. The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his [accustomed] place any more behold him.

10. The poor will oppress his children, and his hands will give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

11. His bones are full of youthful energy, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

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