Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Zophar the Naamathite answereth
and saith:
--
Then
answered
Zophar the Naamathite ,
and said,
Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, And because
of
my
sensations
in
me
.
Therefore do
my thoughts cause me to answer, and for
this
I
make
haste
.
The chastisement
of my shame
I
hear
, And the spirit of mine
understanding Doth
cause
me to answer :
I
have
heard
the check
of my reproach
, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth
me to answer .
This
hast
thou known
from
antiquity?
Since
the
placing
of man on
earth ?
Knowest
thou not
this
of old,
since
man was
placed
upon
earth ,
That the singing
of the wicked `
is '
short, And the joy of the profane
for a moment ,
That the triumphing
of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite
but
for a moment ?
Though his excellency go
up to the heavens, And his head against
a
cloud
he
strike
--
Though his excellency mount
up to the heavens, and his head reach
unto
the
clouds;
As
his
own
dung
for
ever
he doth
perish ,
His beholders
say
: `
Where `
is '
he? '
Yet
he shall
perish for
ever
like
his own
dung
: they
which
have
seen
him
shall
say,
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
shall
fly
away
as a dream, and shall
not be
found:
yea
, he shall
be
chased
away as a vision of the night .
The eye hath
not
seen
him ,
and
addeth
not.
And
not
again
doth
his place behold him.
The eye also
which
saw
him shall
see
him
no
more;
neither
shall
his place any
more
behold him.
His sons
do
the poor oppress
, And his hands give
back
his
wealth
.
His children
shall
seek
to
please
the poor, and his hands shall
restore
their
goods
.
His bones have
been
full of his youth, And
with him on
the dust it
lieth
down
.
His bones are
full of the
sin
of
his youth, which
shall
lie
down
with him in
the dust.
Though he
doth
sweeten
evil
in his mouth, Doth
hide it under his tongue ,
Though wickedness
be
sweet
in his mouth, though
he
hide 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
spare
it, and forsake it not;
but
keep it still
within
his mouth:
His food
in his bowels is turned, The bitterness
of asps `is'
in
his
heart
.
Yet
his meat
in his bowels is turned, it
is
the gall
of asps within
him
.
Wealth
he hath swallowed, and doth
vomit it.
From
his
belly
God driveth
it
out.
He hath swallowed down
riches
, and he
shall
vomit them
up
again:
God shall
cast
them
out of
his
belly
.
Gall
of asps he
sucketh,
Slay
him
doth
the tongue of
a
viper
.
He
shall
suck
the
poison
of asps :
the viper's
tongue shall
slay
him
.
He looketh
not on
rivulets
, Flowing
of
brooks of honey and butter.
He shall
not see
the
rivers
, the
floods,
the
brooks of honey and butter.
He
is
giving
back
`what'
he laboured for, And doth
not consume
`
it ';
As
a
bulwark
`is'
his exchange
, and he exults
not.
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
.
For
he oppressed --
he
forsook
the poor ,
A
house
he hath taken
violently away ,
And
he doth
not build
it.
Because
he hath
oppressed and
hath
forsaken
the poor ;
because
he hath violently taken
away an
house
which
he builded
not ;
For
he hath
not known
ease
in his belly .
With
his
desirable
thing
he delivereth
not himself
.
Surely
he shall
not feel
quietness
in his belly ,
he shall
not save
of
that
which
he
desired
.
There is
not
a
remnant
to
his food,
Therefore his good
doth
not
stay
.
There shall
none
of
his meat
be
left;
therefore shall
no
man
look
for
his goods
.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he is
straitened.
Every perverse
hand doth
meet
him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall
be
in
straits:
every hand of
the
wicked
shall
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
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.
He fleeth
from an
iron weapon, Pass
through
him
doth
a
bow of brass
.
He shall
flee
from the
iron weapon, and
the
bow of steel
shall
strike
him
through
.
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, and cometh out of
the body ;
yea
, the
glittering sword
cometh
out
of
his gall :
terrors are
upon
him
.
All darkness is
hid for
his treasures,
Consume
him
doth
a fire not blown ,
Broken
is the
remnant
in his tent
.
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
.
Reveal
do
the heavens
his iniquity ,
And earth is
raising
itself
against him.
The heaven
shall
reveal
his iniquity ;
and the
earth shall
rise
up
against him.
Remove
doth
the increase of his house, Poured
forth
in a
day of His anger
.
The increase of his house shall
depart
, and
his
goods
shall
flow
away
in the
day of his wrath
.
This `
is '
the portion of a wicked man from God .
And an
inheritance
appointed him by God.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God ,
and the
heritage
appointed unto
him by God.
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