Job 20 - Compare Translations
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Job 20:1
KJVThen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
WEBThen Zophar the Naamathite answered,
YLTAnd Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --
Job 20:2
KJVTherefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
WEB“Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me,
YLTTherefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because of my sensations in me.
Job 20:3
KJVI have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
WEBI have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
YLTThe chastisement of my shame I hear, And the spirit of mine understanding Doth cause me to answer:
Job 20:4
KJVKnowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
WEBDon’t you know this from old time,
YLTThis hast thou known from antiquity? Since the placing of man on earth?
Job 20:5
KJVThat the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
WEBthat the triumphing of the wicked is short,
YLTThat the singing of the wicked [is] short, And the joy of the profane for a moment,
Job 20:6
KJVThough his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
WEBThough his height mount up to the heavens,
YLTThough his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike --
Job 20:7
KJVYet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
WEByet he shall perish forever like his own dung.
YLTAs his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where [is] he?'
Job 20:8
KJVHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
WEBHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found.
YLTAs a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,
Job 20:9
KJVThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
WEBThe eye which saw him shall see him no more,
YLTThe eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
Job 20:10
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Job 20:11
KJVHis bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
WEBHis bones are full of his youth,
YLTHis bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
Job 20:12
KJVThough wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
WEB“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth,
YLTThough he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,
Job 20:13
KJVThough he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
WEBthough he spare it, and will not let it go,
YLTHath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,
Job 20:14
KJVYet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
WEByet his food in his bowels is turned.
YLTHis food in his bowels is turned, The bitterness of asps [is] in his heart.
Job 20:15
KJVHe hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
WEBHe has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again.
YLTWealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.
Job 20:16
KJVHe shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
WEBHe shall suck cobra venom.
YLTGall of asps he sucketh, Slay him doth the tongue of a viper.
Job 20:17
KJVHe shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
WEBHe shall not look at the rivers,
YLTHe looketh not on rivulets, Flowing of brooks of honey and butter.
Job 20:18
KJVThat which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
WEBThat for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down.
YLTHe is giving back [what] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not.
Job 20:19
KJVBecause he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
WEBFor he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
YLTFor he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it.
Job 20:20
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Job 20:21
KJVThere shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
WEBThere was nothing left that he didn’t devour,
YLTThere is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.
Job 20:22
KJVIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
WEBIn the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him.
YLTIn the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
Job 20:23
KJVWhen he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
WEBWhen he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him.
YLTIt cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.
Job 20:24
KJVHe shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
WEBHe shall flee from the iron weapon.
YLTHe fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
Job 20:25
KJVIt is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
WEBHe draws it out, and it comes out of his body.
YLTOne hath drawn, And it cometh out from the body, And a glittering weapon from his gall proceedeth. On him [are] terrors.
Job 20:26
KJVAll darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
WEBAll darkness is laid up for his treasures.
YLTAll darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.
Job 20:27
KJVThe heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
WEBThe heavens shall reveal his iniquity.
YLTReveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.
Job 20:28
KJVThe increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
WEBThe increase of his house shall depart.
YLTRemove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.
Job 20:29
KJVThis is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
WEBThis is the portion of a wicked man from God,
YLTThis [is] the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.
29 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT