American Standard Version

Job 20:6-12 American Standard Version (ASV)

6. Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;

7. Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

8. He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

9. The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

10. His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

11. His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

12. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,