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