“Then answered Zophar, the Namethite, and said,”
Job 20
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1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
“Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said,”
2"So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
“Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.”
3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
“I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer.”
“I listened to the reproof which insults me, says Zophar. The spirit of my understanding makes me answer.”
4Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
“Do you not know this of old since man was placed on the earth”
5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
“that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment.”
“that the exalting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless but for a moment.”
“that the triumphing of the wicked is short and the joy of the hypocrite is. But for a moment”
6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
“though his haughtiness mounts up to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds.”
7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, 'Where is he?'
“Yet you will perish forever like his own. Refuse. Those who have seen him will say where is he.”
8He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
“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. You will fly away like a dream and will not be found. Yes. You will be chased away like a vision of the night.”
9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
“the eye also which saw Him shall see Him no more, neither shall His place any more behold Him.”
10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
“His children shall seek to please the poor, His hands shall restore their goods.”
11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth which shall lie down with him in the dust.”
“His bones are full of the sin of his youth which shall lie down with him in the dust.”
“His bones are full of the sins of His youth, and He shall lie down with Him in the dust.”
12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
“Though wickedness be sweet in His mouth, and though He hide it under His tongue,”
“Though evil is sweet in the mouth, and he hides it under his tongue,”
“Evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue.”
13though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
“though He spare it and forsake it not, but keep it still within His mouth,”
“though he desires it and will not let it go, but holds it in his mouth,”
14yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
“yet His meat in His bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within Him.”
“yet his food in his stomach is changed to the venom of cobras within him.”
15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
“He swallows riches but will vomit them up. God will expel them from his belly”
“He has swallowed down riches, and He shall vomit them up again. God shall cast them out of His belly.”
16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
“He shall suck the poison of asps, and the viper's tongue shall slay Him.”
17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
“He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.”
“He shall not see the rivers, the floods. The brooks of honey and butter.”
18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
“That which He labored for shall He restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to His substance shall be the restitution, and He shall not rejoice therein.”
19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
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20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
“Surely He shall not feel quietness in His belly. He shall not save of that which He desired.”
“because He knew no quiet within Him, He does not retain anything He desires.”
21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
“There shall none of His meat be left. Therefore, shall no man look for His goods.”
“Nothing remains for him to devour, therefore his prosperity does not endure.”
22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
“In the fullness of His sufficiency, He shall be in straits. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon Him.”
23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
“When He is about to fill His belly, God will cast the fury of His wrath upon Him and shall rain it upon Him while He is eating.”
“When he fills his belly, God will send fierce angers on him and will rain on it on him while he is eating.”
24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
“He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike Him through.”
“He may flee from the iron weapon, but the bronze bow will pierce him.”
25It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.
“It is drawn and comes out of the body. Yea, the glittering sword cometh out of His gall. Terrors are upon Him.”
26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
“All darkness shall be hid in His secret places. A fire not blown shall consume Him, and it shall go ill with Him that is left of His”
“Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasuries. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume the survivor in his tent.”
27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.
“The heavens shall reveal His iniquity. The earth shall rise up against Him.”
28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.
“The increase of His house shall depart, and His goods shall flow away in the day of His wrath.”
“The increase of his house will depart. His possessions will flow away in the day of his anger.”
29This 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 the heritage appointed unto him by God.".”
“This is a wicked man's portion from God, even the heritage decreed to him by God.”