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1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

2“So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.

2"My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed.

3I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding inspires me to reply.

4Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

4"Surely you know how it has been from of old, ever since mankind was placed on the earth,

5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

5that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,

6Though the pride of the godless person reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

7he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

7he will perish forever, like his own dung; 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.

8Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, banished like a vision of the night.

9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.

9The eye that saw him will not see him again; his place will look on him no more.

10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

10His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie with him in the dust.

12Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,

12"Though 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,

13though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,

14yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.

14yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; it will become the venom of serpents within him.

15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

15He will spit out the riches he swallowed; God will make his stomach vomit them up.

16He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.

16He will suck the poison of serpents; the fangs of an adder will kill him.

17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.

18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

18What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

19For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; he has seized houses he did not build.

20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

20"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

21Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

22In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.

23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

23When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.

24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

25It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

25He pulls it out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver. Terrors will come over him;

26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

26total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

27The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.

28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath.

29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

29Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God."

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