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The Book of Job, Chapter 20, Verse 6

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That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?
King James Version
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
American Standard Version
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
New English Translation
Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
World English Bible
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
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[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
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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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The eye also [which] saw him shall [see him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
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[Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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[Yet] his meat in his bowels is turned, [it is] the gall of asps within him.
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.