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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.”
King James Version

Zophar’s Speech

[1] Then answered H6030 Zophar H6691 the Naamathite, H5284 and said, H559
[2] Therefore do my thoughts H5587 cause me to answer, H7725
And for this I make haste.§ H2363
[3] I have heard H8085 the check H4148 of my reproach, H3639
And the spirit H7307 of my understanding H998 causeth me to answer. H6030
[4] Knowest H3045 thou not this of old, H5703
Since man H120 was placed H7760 upon H5921 earth, H776
[5] That the triumphing H7445 of the wicked H7563 is short, H7138§
And the joy H8057 of the hypocrite H2611 but for a moment? H7281
[6] Though his excellency H7863 mount up H5927 to the heavens, H8064
And his head H7218 reach H5060 unto the clouds; H5645§
[7] Yet he shall perish H6 for ever H5331 like his own dung: H1561
They which have seen H7200 him shall say, H559 Where H335 is he?
[8] He shall fly away H5774 as a dream, H2472 and shall not be found: H4672
Yea, he shall be chased away H5074 as a vision H2384 of the night. H3915
[9] The eye H5869 also which saw H7805 him shall see him no more; H3254
Neither shall his place H4725 any more behold H7789 him.
[10] His children H1121 shall seek to please H7521 the poor, H1800§
And his hands H3027 shall restore H7725 their goods. H202
[11] His bones H6106 are full H4390 of the sin of his youth, H5934
Which shall lie down H7901 with H5973 him in the dust. H6083
[12] Though wickedness H7451 be sweet H4985 in his mouth, H6310
Though he hide H3582 it under his tongue; H3956
[13] Though he spare H2550 it, and forsake H5800 it not;
But keep it still H4513 within H8432 his mouth: H2441§
[14] Yet his meat H3899 in his bowels H4578 is turned, H2015
It is the gall H4846 of asps H6620 within H7130 him.
[15] He hath swallowed down H1104 riches, H2428 and he shall vomit them up again: H6958
God H410 shall cast them out H3423 of his belly. H990
[16] He shall suck H3243 the poison H7219 of asps: H6620
The viper’s H660 tongue H3956 shall slay H2026 him.
[17] He shall H7200 not H408 see H7200 the rivers, H6390
The floods, H5104 the brooks H5158§ of honey H1706 and butter. H2529
[18] That which he laboured H3022 for shall he restore, H7725
And shall not swallow it down: H1104
According to his substance H2428 shall the restitution H8545 be,§
and he shall not rejoice H5965 therein.
[19] Because H3588 he hath oppressed H7533§ and hath forsaken H5800 the poor; H1800
Because he hath violently taken away H1497 an house H1004 which he builded H1129 not;
[20] Surely H3588 he shall not feel H3045§ quietness H7961 in his belly, H990
He shall H4422 not H3808 save H4422 of that which he desired. H2530
[21] There shall none of his meat H400 be left; H8300§
Therefore shall no man look H2342 for his goods. H2898
[22] In the fulness H4390 H4390 of his sufficiency H5607 he shall be in straits: H3334
Every H3605 hand H3027 of the wicked H6001§ shall come H935 upon him.
[23] When he is about to fill H4390 his belly, H990
God shall cast H7971 the fury H2740 of his wrath H639 upon H5921 him,
And shall rain H4305 it upon him while he is eating. H3894
[24] He shall flee H1272 from the iron H1270 weapon, H5402
And the bow H7198 of steel H5154 shall strike him through. H2498
[25] It is drawn, H8025 and cometh out H3318 of the body; H1465
Yea, the glittering sword H1300 cometh out H1980 of his gall: H4846
Terrors H367 are upon him.
[26] All H3605 darkness H2822 shall be hid H2934 in his secret places: H6845
A fire H784 not H3808 blown H5301 shall consume H398 him;
It shall go ill H3415 with him that is left H8300 in his tabernacle. H168
[27] The heaven H8064 shall reveal H1540 his iniquity; H5771
And the earth H776 shall rise up H6965 against him.
[28] The increase H2981 of his house H1004 shall depart, H1540
And his goods shall flow away H5064 in the day H3117 of his wrath. H639
[29] This is the portion H2506 of a wicked H7563 man H120 from God, H430
And the heritage H5159 appointed H561 unto him by God. H410§

Footnotes

  1. § 20:2 Heb. my haste is in me
  2. § 20:5 Heb. from near
  3. § 20:6 Heb. cloud
  4. § 20:10 Or, the poor shall oppress his children
  5. § 20:13 Heb. in the midst of his palate
  6. § 20:17 Or, streaming brooks
  7. § 20:18 Heb. according to the substance of his exchange
  8. § 20:19 Heb. crushed
  9. § 20:20 Heb. know
  10. § 20:21 Or, there shall be none left for his meats
  11. § 20:22 Or, troublesome
  12. § 20:29 Heb. of his decree from God
Septuaginta
[1] Ὑπολαβὼν G5274 δὲ G1161 Σωφαρ ὁ G3588 Μιναῖος λέγει G3004 [2] Οὐχ G3756 οὕτως G3779 ὑπελάμβανον G5274 ἀντερεῖν σε G4571 ταῦτα, G5023 καὶ G2532 οὐχὶ G3780 συνίετε G4920 μᾶλλον G3123 ἢ G2228 καὶ G2532 ἐγώ. G1473 [3] Παιδείαν G3809 ἐντροπῆς G1791 μου G3450 ἀκούσομαι, G191 καὶ G2532 πνεῦμα G4151 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 συνέσεως G4907 ἀποκρίνεταί G611 μοι. G3427 [4] Μὴ G3361 ταῦτα G5023 ἔγνως G1097 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 ἔτι G2089 ἀφ’ G575 οὗ G3739 ἐτέθη G5087 ἄνθρωπος G444 ἐπὶ G1909 τῆς G3588 γῆς; G1093 [5] Εὐφροσύνη G2167 γὰρ G1063 ἀσεβῶν G765 πτῶμα G4430 ἐξαίσιον, χαρμονὴ δὲ G1161 παρανόμων ἀπώλεια, G684 [6] ἐὰν G1437 ἀναβῇ G305 εἰς G1519 οὐρανὸν G3772 αὐτοῦ G846 τὰ G3588 δῶρα, G1435 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 θυσία G2378 αὐτοῦ G846 νεφῶν G3509 ἅψηται. G680 [7] Ὅταν G3752 γὰρ G1063 δοκῇ G1380 ἤδη G2235 κατεστηρίχθαι, τότε G5119 εἰς G1519 τέλος G5056 ἀπολεῖται· G622 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἰδόντες G1492 αὐτὸν G846 ἐροῦσιν G2046 Ποῦ G4226 ἐστιν; G2076 [8] Ὥσπερ G5618 ἐνύπνιον G1798 ἐκπετασθὲν οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 εὑρεθῇ, G2147 ἔπτη G4072 δὲ G1161 ὥσπερ G5618 φάσμα νυκτερινόν. [9] Ὀφθαλμὸς G3788 παρέβλεψεν καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 προσθήσει, G4369 καὶ G2532 οὐκέτι G3765 προσνοήσει αὐτὸν G846 ὁ G3588 τόπος G5117 αὐτοῦ. G846 [10] Τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 ὀλέσαισαν ἥττονες, G2276 αἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 χεῖρες G5495 αὐτοῦ G846 πυρσεύσαισαν ὀδύνας. G3601 [11] Ὀστᾶ G3747 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐνεπλήσθησαν G1705 νεότητος G3503 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπὶ G1909 χώματος κοιμηθήσεται. G2837 [12] Ἐὰν G1437 γλυκανθῇ ἐν G1722 στόματι G4750 αὐτοῦ G846 κακία, G2549 κρύψει G2928 αὐτὴν G846 ὑπὸ G5259 τὴν G3588 γλῶσσαν G1100 αὐτοῦ· G846 [13] οὐ G3756 φείσεται G5339 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐγκαταλείψει G1459 αὐτὴν G846 καὶ G2532 συνέξει G4912 αὐτὴν G846 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 τοῦ G3588 λάρυγγος G2995 αὐτοῦ. G846 [14] Καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 δυνηθῇ G1410 βοηθῆσαι G997 ἑαυτῷ· G1438 χολὴ G5521 ἀσπίδος G785 ἐν G1722 γαστρὶ G1064 αὐτοῦ. G846 [15] Πλοῦτος G4149 ἀδίκως G95 συναγόμενος G4863 ἐξεμεσθήσεται, ἐξ G1537 οἰκίας G3614 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐξελκύσει G1828 αὐτὸν G846 ἄγγελος. G32 [16] Θυμὸν G2372 δὲ G1161 δρακόντων G1404 θηλάσειεν, G2337 ἀνέλοι G337 δὲ G1161 αὐτὸν G846 γλῶσσα G1100 ὄφεως. G3789 [17] Μὴ G3361 ἴδοι G1492 ἄμελξιν νομάδων μηδὲ G3366 νομὰς G3542 μέλιτος G3192 καὶ G2532 βουτύρου. [18] Εἰς G1519 κενὰ G2756 καὶ G2532 μάταια G3152 ἐκοπίασεν G2872 πλοῦτον, G4149 ἐξ G1537 οὗ G3739 οὐ G3756 γεύσεται, G1089 ὥσπερ G5618 στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος. [19] Πολλῶν G4183 γὰρ G1063 ἀδυνάτων G102 οἴκους G3624 ἔθλασεν, δίαιταν δὲ G1161 ἥρπασεν G726 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἔστησεν. G2476 [20] Οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 αὐτοῦ G846 σωτηρία G4991 τοῖς G3588 ὑπάρχουσιν, G5225 ἐν G1722 ἐπιθυμίᾳ G1939 αὐτοῦ G846 οὐ G3756 σωθήσεται. G4982 [21] Οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 ὑπόλειμμα τοῖς G3588 βρώμασιν G1033 αὐτοῦ· G846 διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 οὐκ G3756 ἀνθήσει αὐτοῦ G846 τὰ G3588 ἀγαθά. G18 [22] Ὅταν G3752 δὲ G1161 δοκῇ G1380 ἤδη G2235 πεπληρῶσθαι, G4137 θλιβήσεται, G2346 πᾶσα G3956 δὲ G1161 ἀνάγκη G318 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 ἐπελεύσεται. G1904 [23] Εἴ G1487 πως G4458 πληρώσαι G4137 γαστέρα G1064 αὐτοῦ, G846 ἐπαποστείλαι ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 θυμὸν G2372 ὀργῆς, G3709 νίψαι G3538 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὸν G846 ὀδύνας· G3601 [24] καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 σωθῇ G4982 ἐκ G1537 χειρὸς G5495 σιδήρου, G4604 τρώσαι αὐτὸν G846 τόξον G5115 χάλκειον· [25] διεξέλθοι δὲ G1161 διὰ G1223 σώματος G4983 αὐτοῦ G846 βέλος, G956 ἀστραπαὶ G796 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 διαίταις αὐτοῦ G846 περιπατήσαισαν· G4043 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτῷ G846 φόβοι. G5401 [26] Πᾶν G3956 δὲ G1161 σκότος G4655 αὐτῷ G846 ὑπομείναι· G5278 κατέδεται G2719 αὐτὸν G846 πῦρ G4442 ἄκαυστον, κακώσαι G2559 δὲ G1161 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπήλυτος τὸν G3588 οἶκον. G3624 [27] Ἀνακαλύψαι G343 δὲ G1161 αὐτοῦ G846 ὁ G3588 οὐρανὸς G3772 τὰς G3588 ἀνομίας, G458 γῆ G1093 δὲ G1161 ἐπανασταίη G1881 αὐτῷ. G846 [28] Ἑλκύσαι G1670 τὸν G3588 οἶκον G3624 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀπώλεια G684 εἰς G1519 τέλος, G5056 ἡμέρα G2250 ὀργῆς G3709 ἐπέλθοι G1904 αὐτῷ. G846 [29] Αὕτη G3778 ἡ G3588 μερὶς G3310 ἀνθρώπου G444 ἀσεβοῦς G765 παρὰ G3844 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 κτῆμα G2933 ὑπαρχόντων G5224 αὐτῷ G846 παρὰ G3844 τοῦ G3588 ἐπισκόπου. G1985
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament