King James Bible | English Standard Version |
1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, | 1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: |
2Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. | 2“Therefore my thoughts answer me, because of my haste within me. |
3I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. | 3I hear censure that insults me, and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. |
4Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, | 4Do you not know this from of old, since man was placed on earth, |
5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? | 5that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? |
6Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; | 6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds, |
7Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? | 7he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ |
8He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. | 8He will fly away like a dream and not be found; he will be chased away like a vision of the night. |
9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. | 9The eye that saw him will see him no more, nor will his place any more behold him. |
10His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. | 10His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth. |
11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. | 11His bones are full of his youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust. |
12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; | 12“Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, |
13Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: | 13though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, |
14Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. | 14yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. |
15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. | 15He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. |
16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. | 16He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. |
17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. | 17He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. |
18That 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. | 18He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment. |
19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; | 19For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. |
20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. | 20“Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him. |
21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. | 21There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure. |
22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. | 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him. |
23When 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. | 23To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body. |
24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. | 24He will flee from an iron weapon; a bronze arrow will strike him through. |
25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. | 25It is drawn forth and comes out of his body; the glittering point comes out of his gallbladder; terrors come upon him. |
26All 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. | 26Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed. |
27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. | 27The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. |
28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. | 28The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God’s wrath. |
29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. | 29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God.” |
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