Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Zophar the Naamathite replied
:
And
Zophar the Naamathite answereth
and
saith
: --
“So
my anxious
thoughts compel
me to answer, because of the
turmoil
within
me.
Therefore
my thoughts cause
me to answer, And
because of my
sensations
in
me.
I have
heard
a
rebuke
that
insults
me
, and my
understanding prompts
a
reply.
The
chastisement
of
my
shame
I hear
, And the
spirit
of
mine
understanding Doth
cause
me
to
answer:
Do
you
not
know
that
from antiquity ,
since man was
placed
on the
earth ,
This
hast
thou
known
from antiquity ?
Since the
placing
of
man on earth ?
the triumph
of the wicked has
been
brief
and the joy of the godless
momentary?
That
the singing
of the wicked `is'
short,
And the joy of the profane
for
a
moment,
Though his arrogance
reaches
the heavens, and his head touches
the
clouds,
Though his excellency
go
up
to
the heavens, And his head against
a
cloud
he
strike
--
he
will
perish
forever,
like
his own dung ;
those
who
had
seen
him
will
ask
, ‘
Where is he? ’
As
his own dung for
ever
he
doth
perish
, His
beholders
say:
`
Where `
is '
he? '
He
will
fly
away
like
a dream, never
to
be
found;
he will
be
chased
away like
a vision in
the night .
As
a dream he
fleeth
, and
they
find
him
not,
And
he is
driven
away as
a vision of
the night ,
The eye that
saw
him
will
see
him no
more
, and his place will
no
longer
behold him.
The eye hath
not
seen
him, and addeth
not.
And
not
again
doth
his place behold him.
His sons will
seek
the
favor
of
the poor, for
his own
hands must
return
his wealth.
His sons do
the poor oppress
, And
his hands give
back
his wealth.
The
youthful
vigor
that
fills
his bones will
lie
down
with him in
the dust.
His bones have
been
full
of
his
youth,
And
with him on
the dust it
lieth
down
.
Though evil is
sweet
in his mouth and
he
conceals
it under his tongue,
Though he
doth
sweeten
evil in his mouth ,
Doth
hide
it under his tongue,
though
he
cannot
bear
to
let
it go
and keeps
it in his mouth
,
Hath
pity
on
it ,
and doth
not
forsake
it ,
And
keep
it
back
in the
midst
of
his palate
,
yet
in
his stomach
his
food sours
into
the venom
of cobras
within
him
.
His food in
his
bowels
is
turned,
The bitterness
of asps
`is'
in
his
heart
.
He
swallows
wealth but
vomits
it
out;
God
will
force
it from his stomach
.
Wealth he
hath
swallowed,
and
doth
vomit
it .
From his belly
God
driveth
it
out
.
He
will
suck
the
poison
of cobras;
the fangs
of a viper will
kill
him
.
Gall
of asps
he
sucketh,
Slay
him
doth
the tongue
of a viper.
He will
not enjoy
the
streams
, the
rivers
flowing with
honey and cream
.
He looketh
not on
rivulets
, Flowing of
brooks
of
honey and butter
.
He must
return
the
fruit
of
his
labor
without
consuming
it; he
cannot
enjoy
the
profits
of
his trading
.
He is
giving
back
`what'
he
laboured
for,
And
doth
not
consume
`
it '
; As
a
bulwark
`is'
his exchange,
and
he
exults
not
.
For he has
oppressed and
forsaken
the poor ;
he has
seized
houses
he did
not build.
For he oppressed --
he
forsook
the poor ,
A
house
he hath
taken
violently
away,
And
he doth
not build it
.
Because
his
appetite
is
never
satisfied,
he cannot
escape
with his treasure
.
For
he hath
not
known
ease
in
his
belly.
With his desirable
thing
he
delivereth
not
himself
.
Nothing
is left
for
him
to consume;
thus
his prosperity
will
not endure
.
There
is not
a
remnant
to his food,
Therefore
his
good
doth
not stay
.
In the midst
of his plenty,
he will
be
distressed;
the
full
force
of
misery
will
come
upon
him.
In the fulness
of his sufficiency
he is
straitened.
Every
perverse
hand
doth
meet
him.
When
he
has
filled
his
stomach
, God
will
vent
His fury
upon
him, raining
it
down
on him as
he
eats
.
It
cometh
to
pass
, at
the
filling
of
his belly,
He
sendeth
forth
against
him The
fierceness
of
His
anger
, Yea,
He
raineth
on him in
his
eating
.
Though
he flees
from an iron weapon, a
bronze-tipped
arrow
will
pierce
him.
He fleeth
from an iron weapon, Pass
through
him doth
a
bow
of
brass
.
It
is
drawn out
of
his
back
, the gleaming
point
from his liver
. Terrors
come
over
him.
One
hath
drawn, And
it
cometh
out
from
the body,
And
a
glittering
weapon
from his gall
proceedeth
. On
him `are'
terrors
.
Total
darkness is reserved
for his treasures .
A
fire
unfanned
will
consume him and
devour
what
is left
in his tent.
All
darkness is hid
for his treasures ,
Consume him doth
a
fire
not
blown,
Broken
is the
remnant
in his tent.
The heavens will
expose
his iniquity, and the
earth will
rise
up
against him.
Reveal
do
the heavens his iniquity, And earth is
raising
itself
against him.
The possessions
of his house will
be
removed
, flowing
away
on
the
day of God’s
wrath
.
Remove
doth
the increase
of his house, Poured
forth
in
a
day of His
anger
.
This is the wicked
man’s
portion from God ,
the
inheritance God
has
appointed him. ”
This `
is '
the portion of
a
wicked
man
from God .
And
an
inheritance appointed him by
God
.
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