Job 20:2-4
Job 20:1-11 The Message (MSG)
Zophar from Naamath again took his turn: “I can’t believe what I’m hearing! You’ve put my teeth on edge, my stomach in a knot. How dare you insult my intelligence like this! Well, here’s a piece of my mind! “Don’t you even know the basics, how things have been since the earliest days, when Adam and Eve were first placed on earth? The good times of the wicked are short-lived; godless joy is only momentary. The evil might become world famous, strutting at the head of the celebrity parade, But still end up in a pile of dung. Acquaintances look at them with disgust and say, ‘What’s that?’ They fly off like a dream that can’t be remembered, like a shadowy illusion that vanishes in the light. Though once notorious public figures, now they’re nobodies, unnoticed, whether they come or go. Their children will go begging on skid row, and they’ll have to give back their ill-gotten gain. Right in the prime of life, and youthful and vigorous, they’ll die.
Job 20:2-4 King James Version (KJV)
Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, And for this I make haste. I have heard the check of my reproach, And the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. Knowest thou not this of old, Since man was placed upon earth
Job 20:2-4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth
Job 20:2-4 New Century Version (NCV)
“My troubled thoughts cause me to answer, because I am very upset. You correct me and I am insulted, but I understand how to answer you. “You know how it has been for a long time, ever since people were first put on the earth.
Job 20:2-4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth
Job 20:2-4 New International Version (NIV)
“My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed. I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply. “Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth
Job 20:2-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me. I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me, And the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. “Do you not know this of old, Since man was placed on earth
Job 20:2-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me answer, Because of the uneasiness that is within me. “I have heard the reproof which insults me, But the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. “Do you not know this from the old days, Since the time that man was placed on the earth