Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked.
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Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
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20:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Zophar°
the Naamathite,°
and said,°° |
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20:2
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of my haste that is in me. |
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20:2
Therefore°
do my thoughts°
cause me to answer,°°
and for°
[this] I make haste.°° |
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20:3
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me. |
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20:3
I have heard°°
the check°
of my reproach,°
and the spirit°
of my understanding°°
causeth me to answer.°° |
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20:4
Knowest thou [not] this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth, |
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20:4
Knowest°°
thou [not] this°
of°
old,°
since°
man°
was placed°°
upon°
earth,° |
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20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? |
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20:5
That°
the triumphing°
of the wicked°
[is] short,°°
and the joy°
of the hypocrite°
[but] for°
a moment?° |
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20:6
Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds; |
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Though°
his excellency°
mount up°°
to the heavens,°
and his head°
reach°°
unto the clouds;° |
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20:7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he? |
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20:7
[Yet] he shall perish°°
for ever°
like his own dung:°
they which have seen°°
him shall say,°°
Where°
[is] he? |
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He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. |
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He shall fly away°°
as a dream,°
and shall not°
be found:°°
yea, he shall be chased away°°
as a vision°
of the night.° |
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20:9
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him. |
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The eye°
also [which] saw°°
him shall [see him] no°
more;°°
neither°
shall his place°
any more°
behold°°
him. |
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His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth. |
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His children°
shall seek to please°°
the poor,°
and his hands°
shall restore°°
their goods.° |
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His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust. |
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20:11
His bones°
are full°°
[of the sin] of his youth,°
which shall lie down°°
with°
him in°
the dust.° |
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20:12
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, |
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Though°
wickedness°
be sweet°°
in his mouth,°
[though] he hide°°
it under°
his tongue;° |
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20:13
Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth; |
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[Though] he spare°°°
it, and forsake°°
it not;°
but keep it still°°
within°
his mouth:° |
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Yet his food in his bowels is turned, It is the gall of asps within him. |
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[Yet] his meat°
in his bowels°
is turned,°°
[it is] the gall°
of asps°
within°
him. |
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He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. |
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He hath swallowed down°°
riches,°
and he shall vomit them up again:°°
God°
shall cast them out°°
of°
his belly.° |
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He shall suck the poison of asps: The viper's tongue shall slay him. |
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He shall suck°°
the poison°
of asps:°
the viper's°
tongue°
shall slay°°
him. |
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He shall not look upon the rivers, The flowing streams of honey and butter. |
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He shall not°
see°°
the rivers,°
the floods,°
the brooks°
of honey°
and butter.° |
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That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. |
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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]. |
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For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. |
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Because°
he hath oppressed°°
[and] hath forsaken°°
the poor;°
[because] he hath violently taken away°°
an house°
which he builded°°
not;° |
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Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. |
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Surely°
he shall not°
feel°°
quietness°
in his belly,°
he shall not°
save°°
of that which he desired.°° |
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There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. |
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There shall none°
of his meat°
be left;°
therefore°°
shall no°
man look°°
for his goods.° |
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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. |
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In the fulness°°°°
of his sufficiency°
he shall be in straits:°°
every°
hand°
of the wicked°
shall come°°
upon him. |
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When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. |
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[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.° |
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He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. |
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20:24
He shall flee°°
from the iron°
weapon,°°
[and] the bow°
of steel°
shall strike him through.°° |
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He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. |
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It is drawn,°°
and cometh out°°
of the body;°°
yea, the glittering sword°
cometh°
out°°
of his gall:°°
terrors°
[are] upon°
him. |
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All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. |
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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.° |
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The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. |
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The heaven°
shall reveal°°
his iniquity;°
and the earth°
shall rise up°°
against him. |
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The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath. |
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The increase°
of his house°
shall depart,°°
[and his goods] shall flow away°°
in the day°
of his wrath.° |
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This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God. |
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This°
[is] the portion°
of a wicked°
man°
from God,°°
and the heritage°
appointed°
unto him by God.°° |
