Job 20 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then Zophar from Naamath replied: Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 |Therefore my anxious thoughts cause me to answer because I'm agitated within me. “Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.
3 Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand.| 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 |Haven't you known this from ancient times, since mankind was placed on 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 The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary. 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 Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches 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 he'll perish forever, like his own excrement; those who saw him will ask, '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 He'll vanish like a dream, and no one will find him; he will be chased away like a night vision.| 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 |An eye that gazes at him won't do so again; and his place won't even recognize 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 sons will make amends to the poor; their hands will return his wealth. 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 Though his bones were full of youthful vigor; yet they will lie down 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 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals 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 though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth, 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 food will turn rancid in his stomach— it will become a cobra's poison inside 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 |Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach. 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 will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will slay 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 He won't look at the rivers— the torrents of honey and curd. 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 will restore what he has attained from his work and won't consume it; he won't enjoy the profits from his business transactions, 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 has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he didn't 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 |Since his appetite won't quit; he won't let anything escape his lust. “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 Because nothing was left for him to devour, therefore his prosperity won't last. 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 Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers— everyone in any sort of trouble will attack 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 |It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body. 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 Though he dodges an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him. 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 It will impale him and come out through his back; the point will glisten as it protrudes through his gall bladder, and he will be terrified. 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 |Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession. 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 Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will 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 A flood will wash away his house; dragging it away when God becomes angry. 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 what the wicked person inherits from God; it is the inheritance that God appoints for him.| 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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