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[1] Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
[2] “Therefore my thoughts answer me,
even by reason of my haste that is in me.
[3] I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
[4] Don’t you know this from old time,
since man was placed on earth,
[5] that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
[6] Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
[7] yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
[8] He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found.
Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
[9] The eye which saw him will see him no more,
neither will his place see him any more.
[10] His children will seek the favor of the poor.
His hands will give back his wealth.
[11] His bones are full of his youth,
but youth will lie down with him in the dust. [12] “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth,
though he hide it under his tongue,
[13] though he spare it, and will not let it go,
but keep it still within his mouth,
[14] yet his food in his bowels is turned.
It is cobra venom within him.
[15] He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again.
God will cast them out of his belly.
[16] He will suck cobra venom.
The viper’s tongue will kill him.
[17] He will not look at the rivers,
the flowing streams of honey and butter.
[18] He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down.
He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
[19] For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. [20] “Because he knew no quietness within him,
he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
[21] There was nothing left that he didn’t devour,
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
[22] In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him.
The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
[23] When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him.
It will rain on him while he is eating.
[24] He will flee from the iron weapon.
The bronze arrow will strike him through.
[25] He draws it out, and it comes out of his body.
Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
Terrors are on him.
[26] All darkness is laid up for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him.
It will consume that which is left in his tent.
[27] The heavens will reveal his iniquity.
The earth will rise up against him.
[28] The increase of his house will depart.
They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
[29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
the heritage appointed to him by God.”
[2] “Therefore my thoughts answer me,
even by reason of my haste that is in me.
[3] I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame.
The spirit of my understanding answers me.
[4] Don’t you know this from old time,
since man was placed on earth,
[5] that the triumphing of the wicked is short,
the joy of the godless but for a moment?
[6] Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
[7] yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
[8] He will fly away as a dream, and will not be found.
Yes, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
[9] The eye which saw him will see him no more,
neither will his place see him any more.
[10] His children will seek the favor of the poor.
His hands will give back his wealth.
[11] His bones are full of his youth,
but youth will lie down with him in the dust. [12] “Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth,
though he hide it under his tongue,
[13] though he spare it, and will not let it go,
but keep it still within his mouth,
[14] yet his food in his bowels is turned.
It is cobra venom within him.
[15] He has swallowed down riches, and he will vomit them up again.
God will cast them out of his belly.
[16] He will suck cobra venom.
The viper’s tongue will kill him.
[17] He will not look at the rivers,
the flowing streams of honey and butter.
[18] He will restore that for which he labored, and will not swallow it down.
He will not rejoice according to the substance that he has gotten.
[19] For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor.
He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up. [20] “Because he knew no quietness within him,
he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
[21] There was nothing left that he didn’t devour,
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
[22] In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him.
The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
[23] When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him.
It will rain on him while he is eating.
[24] He will flee from the iron weapon.
The bronze arrow will strike him through.
[25] He draws it out, and it comes out of his body.
Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver.
Terrors are on him.
[26] All darkness is laid up for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him.
It will consume that which is left in his tent.
[27] The heavens will reveal his iniquity.
The earth will rise up against him.
[28] The increase of his house will depart.
They will rush away in the day of his wrath.
[29] This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
the heritage appointed to him by God.”
King James Version
[1] Then answeredH6030(QalImpf) ZopharH6691 the Naamathite,H5284 and said,H559(QalImpf) [2] Therefore do my thoughtsH5587 cause me to answer,H7725(HiphImpf) and for [this] I make haste.H2363(QalInf) [3] I have heardH8085(QalImpf) the checkH4148 of my reproach,H3639 and the spiritH7307 of my understandingH998 causeth me to answer.H6030(QalImpf) [4] KnowestH3045(QalPerf) thou [not] this of old,H5703 since manH120 was placedH7760(QalInf) upon earth,H776 [5] That the triumphingH7445 of the wickedH7563 [is] short,H7138 and the joyH8057 of the hypocriteH2611 [but] for a moment?H7281 [6] Though his excellencyH7863 mount upH5927(QalImpf) to the heavens,H8064 and his headH7218 reachH5060(HiphImpf) unto the clouds;H5645 [7] [Yet] he shall perishH6(QalImpf) for everH5331 like his own dung:H1561 they which have seenH7200(QalActPtc) him shall say,H559(QalImpf) WhereH335 [is] he? [8] He shall fly awayH5774(QalImpf) as a dream,H2472 and shall not be found:H4672(QalImpf) yea, he shall be chased awayH5074(HophImpf) as a visionH2384 of the night.H3915 [9] The eyeH5869 also [which] sawH7805(QalPerf) him shall [see him] no more;H3254(HiphImpf) neither shall his placeH4725 any more beholdH7789(QalImpf) him. [10] His childrenH1121 shall seek to pleaseH7521(PielImpf) the poor,H1800 and his handsH3027 shall restoreH7725(HiphImpf) their goods.H202 [11] His bonesH6106 are fullH4390(QalPerf) [of the sin] of his youth,H5934 which shall lie downH7901(QalImpf) with him in the dust.H6083 [12] Though wickednessH7451 be sweetH4985(HiphImpf) in his mouth,H6310 [though] he hideH3582(HiphImpf) it under his tongue;H3956 [13] [Though] he spareH2550(QalImpf) it, and forsakeH5800(QalImpf) it not; but keep it stillH4513(QalImpf) withinH8432 his mouth:H2441 [14] [Yet] his meatH3899 in his bowelsH4578 is turned,H2015(NiphPerf) [it is] the gallH4846 of aspsH6620 withinH7130 him. [15] He hath swallowed downH1104(QalPerf) riches,H2428 and he shall vomit them up again:H6958(HiphImpf) GodH410 shall cast them outH3423(HiphImpf) of his belly.H990 [16] He shall suckH3243(QalImpf) the poisonH7219 of asps:H6620 the viper’sH660 tongueH3956 shall slayH2026(QalImpf) him. [17] He shall not seeH7200(QalImpf) the rivers,H6390 the floods,H5104 the brooksH5158 of honeyH1706 and butter.H2529 [18] That which he labouredH3022 for shall he restore,H7725(HiphPtc) and shall not swallow [it] down:H1104(QalImpf) according to [his] substanceH2428 [shall] the restitutionH8545 [be], and he shall not rejoiceH5965(QalImpf) [therein]. [19] Because he hath oppressedH7533(PielPerf) [and] hath forsakenH5800(QalPerf) the poor;H1800 [because] he hath violently taken awayH1497(QalPerf) an houseH1004 which he buildedH1129(QalImpf) not; [20] Surely he shall not feelH3045(QalPerf) quietnessH7961 in his belly,H990 he shall not saveH4422(PielImpf) of that which he desired.H2530(QalPasPtc) [21] There shall none of his meatH400 be left;H8300 therefore shall no man lookH2342(QalImpf) for his goods.H2898 [22] In the fulnessH4390(QalInf/Qere) of his sufficiencyH5607 he shall be in straits:H3334(QalImpf) every handH3027 of the wickedH6001 shall comeH935(QalImpf) upon him. [23] [When] he is about to fillH4390(PielInf) his belly,H990 [God] shall castH7971(PielImpf) the furyH2740 of his wrathH639 upon him, and shall rainH4305(HiphImpf) [it] upon him while he is eating.H3894 [24] He shall fleeH1272(QalImpf) from the ironH1270 weapon,H5402 [and] the bowH7198 of steelH5154 shall strike him through.H2498(QalImpf) [25] It is drawn,H8025(QalPerf) and cometh outH3318(QalImpf) of the body;H1465 yea, the glittering swordH1300 cometh outH1980(QalImpf) of his gall:H4846 terrorsH367 [are] upon him. [26] All darknessH2822 [shall be] hidH2934(QalPasPtc) in his secret places:H6845(QalPasPtc) a fireH784 not blownH5301(PualPerf) shall consumeH398(PielImpf) him; it shall go illH3415(QalImpf) with him that is leftH8300 in his tabernacle.H168 [27] The heavenH8064 shall revealH1540(PielImpf) his iniquity;H5771 and the earthH776 shall rise upH6965(HithPtc) against him. [28] The increaseH2981 of his houseH1004 shall depart,H1540(QalImpf) [and his goods] shall flow awayH5064(NiphPtc) in the dayH3117 of his wrath.H639 [29] This [is] the portionH2506 of a wickedH7563 manH120 from God,H430 and the heritageH5159 appointedH561 unto him by God.H410
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