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| 1. | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, | Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, | Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said, | ||
| 2. | Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. | "Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, even by reason of my haste that is in me. | For this cause my thoughts are troubling me and driving me on. | ||
| 3. | I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. | I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame. The spirit of my understanding answers me. | I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom. | ||
| 4. | Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, | Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth, | Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth, | ||
| 5. | That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? | that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment? | That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute? | ||
| 6. | Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; | Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, | Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds; | ||
| 7. | Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? | yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?' | Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he? | ||
| 8. | He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. | He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. | He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night. | ||
| 9. | The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. | The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him. | The eye which saw him sees him no longer; and his place has no more knowledge of him. | ||
| 10. | His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. | His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth. | His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth. | ||
| 11. | His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. | His bones are full of his youth, but youth shall lie down with him in the dust. | His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust. | ||
| 12. | Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; | "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue, | Though evil-doing is sweet in his mouth, and he keeps it secretly under his tongue; | ||
| 13. | Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: | though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth; | Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth; | ||
| 14. | Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. | yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is cobra venom within him. | His food becomes bitter in his stomach; the poison of snakes is inside him. | ||
| 15. | He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. | He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly. | He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. | ||
| 16. | He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. | He shall suck cobra venom. The viper's tongue shall kill him. | He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. | ||
| 17. | He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. | He shall not look at the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter. | Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. | ||
| 18. | That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. | That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. | He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. | ||
| 19. | Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; | For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. | Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; | ||
| 20. | Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. | "Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights. | There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. | ||
| 21. | There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. | There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. | He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. | ||
| 22. | In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. | In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him. | Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. | ||
| 23. | When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. | 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. | God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain. | ||
| 24. | He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. | He shall flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow shall strike him through. | He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him; | ||
| 25. | It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. | He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body. Yes, the glittering point comes out of his liver. Terrors are on him. | He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. | ||
| 26. | All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. | All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent. | All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. | ||
| 27. | The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. | The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him. | The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. | ||
| 28. | The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. | The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath. | The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath. | ||
| 29. | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. | This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God." | This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God. | ||