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1 Then Sophar the Naamathite answered, and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 Therefore various thoughts succeed one another in me, and my mind is hurried away to different things. “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
3 The doctrine with which thou reprovest me, I will hear, and the spirit of my understanding shall answer for me. I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 This I know from the beginning, since man was placed upon the earth, Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth, “Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth,
5 that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6 If his pride mount up even to heaven, and his head touch the clouds: Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,
7 In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he? he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night: He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.
9 The eyes that had seen him, shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him. The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him. The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.
10 His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow. His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth. His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
11 His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust. His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.
12 For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. “Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, “Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,
13 He will spare it, and not leave it, and will hide it in his throat. though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,
14 His bread in his belly shall be turned into the gall of asps within him. yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.
15 The riches which he hath swallowed; he shall vomit up, and God shall draw them out of his belly. He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.
16 He shall suck the head of asps, and the viper's tongue shall kill him. He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.
17 (Let him not see the streams of the river, the brooks of honey and of butter.) He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 He shall be punished for all that he did, and yet shall not be consumed: according to the multitude of his devices so also shall he suffer. He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment. What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19 Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build. For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.
20 And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them. “Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him. “Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.
21 There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods: There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure. Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.
22 When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him. In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him. In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 May his belly be filled, that God may send forth the wrath of his indignation upon him, and rain down his war upon him. To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body. When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.
24 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass. He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through. Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25 The sword is drawn out, and cometh forth from its scabbard, and glittereth in his bitterness: the terrible ones shall go and come upon him. It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him. He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;
26 All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle. Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed. total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.
28 The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath. The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath. A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord. This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.” Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”
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