Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked.
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Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, |
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20:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Zophar°
the Naamathite,°
and said,°° |
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I did not suppose that thou wouldest answer thus: neither do ye understand more than I. |
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Therefore°
do my thoughts°
cause me to answer,°°
and for°
[this] I make haste.°° |
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I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me. |
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I have heard°°
the check°
of my reproach,°
and the spirit°
of my understanding°°
causeth me to answer.°° |
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Hast thou [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth? |
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Knowest°°
thou [not] this°
of°
old,°
since°
man°
was placed°°
upon°
earth,° |
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But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction: |
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That°
the triumphing°
of the wicked°
[is] short,°°
and the joy°
of the hypocrite°
[but] for°
a moment?° |
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although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach 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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For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he? |
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[Yet] he shall perish°°
for ever°
like his own dung:°
they which have seen°°
him shall say,°°
Where°
[is] he? |
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Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like 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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The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive 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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Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow. |
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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 have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust. |
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His bones°
are full°°
[of the sin] of his youth,°
which shall lie down°°
with°
him in°
the dust.° |
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Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will 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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though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat: |
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[Though] he spare°°°
it, and forsake°°
it not;°
but keep it still°°
within°
his mouth:° |
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yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly. |
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[Yet] his meat°
in his bowels°
is turned,°°
[it is] the gall°
of asps°
within°
him. |
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[His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house. |
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He hath swallowed down°°
riches,°
and he shall vomit them up again:°°
El°
shall cast them out°°
of°
his belly.° |
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And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him. |
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He shall suck°°
the poison°
of asps:°
the viper's°
tongue°
shall slay°°
him. |
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Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies 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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He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow. |
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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 has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not. |
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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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There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire. |
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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 is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish. |
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There shall none°
of his meat°
be left;°
therefore°°
shall no°
man look°°
for his goods.° |
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But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress 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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If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him. |
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[When] he°
is about to fill°°
his belly,°
[Elohim] shall cast°°
the fury°
of his wrath°
upon him, and shall rain°°
[it] upon°
him while he is eating.° |
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And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him. |
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He shall flee°°
from the iron°
weapon,°°
[and] the bow°
of steel°
shall strike him through.°° |
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And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come 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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And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house. |
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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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And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth 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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Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him. |
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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 an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God]. |
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This°
[is] the portion°
of a wicked°
man°
from Elohim,°°
and the heritage°
appointed°
unto him by El.°° |
