The Dialogues between Job and his Friends. The Second Cycle
Job 20–21 (selections)
Biblical Period
Chaprer 20
1Zophar the Naamathite said in reply: [ . . . ]
4Do you not know this, that from time immemorial,
Since man was set on earth,
5The joy of the wicked has been brief,
The happiness of the impious, fleeting?
6Though he grows as high as the sky,
His head reaching the clouds,
7He perishes forever, like his dung;
Those who saw him will say…
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