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1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
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1. Then answered H6030 Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284 , and said H559 ,
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2. Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
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2. Therefore H3651 do my thoughts H5587 cause me to answer H7725 , and for H5668 this I make haste H2363 .
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3. I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
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3. I have heard H8085 the check H4148 of my reproach H3639 , and the spirit H7307 of my understanding H4480 H998 causeth me to answer H6030 .
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4. Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,
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4. Knowest H3045 thou not this H2063 of H4480 old H5703 , since H4480 man H120 was placed H7760 upon H5921 earth H776 ,
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5. That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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5. That H3588 the triumphing H7445 of the wicked H7563 is short H4480 H7138 , and the joy H8057 of the hypocrite H2611 but for H5704 a moment H7281 ?
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6. Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
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6. Though H518 his excellency H7863 mount up H5927 to the heavens H8064 , and his head H7218 reach H5060 unto the clouds H5645 ;
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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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7. Yet he shall perish H6 forever H5331 like his own dung H1561 : they which have seen H7200 him shall say H559 , Where H335 is he?
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8. 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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8. He shall fly away H5774 as a dream H2472 , and shall not H3808 be found H4672 : yea , he shall be chased away H5074 as a vision H2384 of the night H3915 .
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9. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
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9. The eye H5869 also which saw H7805 him shall see him no H3808 more H3254 ; neither H3808 shall his place H4725 any more H5750 behold H7789 him.
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10. His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
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10. His children H1121 shall seek to please H7521 the poor H1800 , and his hands H3027 shall restore H7725 their goods H202 .
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11. His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
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11. His bones H6106 are full H4390 of the sin of his youth H5934 , which shall lie down H7901 with H5973 him in H5921 the dust H6083 .
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12. Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
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12. Though H518 wickedness H7451 be sweet H4985 in his mouth H6310 , though he hide H3582 it under H8478 his tongue H3956 ;
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13. Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
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13. Though he spare H2550 H5921 it , and forsake H5800 it not H3808 ; but keep it still H4513 within H8432 his mouth H2441 :
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14. Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
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14. Yet his meat H3899 in his bowels H4578 is turned H2015 , it is the gall H4846 of asps H6620 within H7130 him.
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15. He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
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15. He hath swallowed down H1104 riches H2428 , and he shall vomit them up again H6958 : God H410 shall cast them out H3423 of H4480 his belly H990 .
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16. He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
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16. He shall suck H3243 the poison H7219 of asps H6620 : the viper H660 's tongue H3956 shall slay H2026 him.
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17. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.
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17. He shall not H408 see H7200 the rivers H6390 , the floods H5104 , the brooks H5158 of honey H1706 and butter H2529 .
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18. 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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18. That which he labored for H3022 shall he restore H7725 , and shall not H3808 swallow it down H1104 : according to his substance H2428 shall the restitution H8545 be , and he shall not H3808 rejoice H5965 therein .
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19. 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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19. Because H3588 he hath oppressed H7533 and hath forsaken H5800 the poor H1800 ; because he hath violently taken away H1497 a house H1004 which he built H1129 not H3808 ;
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20. Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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20. Surely H3588 he shall not H3808 feel H3045 quietness H7961 in his belly H990 , he shall not H3808 save H4422 of that which he desired H2530 .
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21. There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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21. There shall none H369 of his meat H400 be left H8300 ; therefore H3651 H5921 shall no H3808 man look H2342 for his goods H2898 .
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22. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
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22. In the fullness H4390 of his sufficiency H5607 he shall be in straits H3334 : every H3605 hand H3027 of the wicked H6001 shall come H935 upon him.
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23. 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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23. When he H1961 is about to fill H4390 his belly H990 , God shall cast H7971 the fury H2740 of his wrath H639 upon him , and shall rain H4305 it upon H5921 him while he is eating H3894 .
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24. He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
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24. He shall flee H1272 from the iron H1270 weapon H4480 H5402 , and the bow H7198 of steel H5154 shall strike him through H2498 .
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25. 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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25. It is drawn H8025 , and cometh out H3318 of the body H4480 H1465 ; yea , the glittering sword H1300 cometh H1980 out of his gall H4480 H4846 : terrors H367 are upon H5921 him.
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26. 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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26. All H3605 darkness H2822 shall be hid H2934 in his secret places H6845 : a fire H784 not H3808 blown H5301 shall consume H398 him ; it shall go ill H7489 with him that is left H8300 in his tabernacle H168 .
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27. The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.
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27. The heaven H8064 shall reveal H1540 his iniquity H5771 ; and the earth H776 shall rise up H6965 against him.
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28. The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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28. The increase H2981 of his house H1004 shall depart H1540 , and his goods shall flow away H5064 in the day H3117 of his wrath H639 .
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29. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
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29. This H2088 is the portion H2506 of a wicked H7563 man H120 from God H4480 H430 , and the heritage H5159 appointed H561 unto him by God H4480 H410 .
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