Job 20:4-18

4Do you know this from 1ancient times, From the establishment of mankind on earth,5That the 2rejoicing of the wicked is short, And 3the joy of the godless momentary?6Though his arrogance 45reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds,7He 6perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him 7will say, ‘Where is he?’8He flies away like a 8dream, and they cannot find him; Like a vision of the night he is 9chased away.9The 10eye which saw him sees him no longer, And 11his place no longer beholds him.10His 12sons 13favor the poor, And his hands 14give back his wealth.11His 15bones are full of his youthful strength, But it lies down with him 16in the dust.

12“Though 17evil tastes sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue,13Though he 18desires it and will not let it go, But holds it 19in his 20mouth,14Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the 21venom of cobras within him.15He swallows riches, But will 22vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly.16He sucks 23the poison of cobras; The viper’s tongue kills him.17He does not look at 24the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.18He 25returns the product of his labor And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.